02 Jun 2012 22:56:03
Nottingham Forest are looking to bring in at least 6 players this summer within a budget of £1m. Forest are currently in talks with 4 of the 6.

In talks:
Darren O'Dea, free tranfer
Fitz Hall, free transfer
Kyle Lafferty, Rangers, £500,000
Sammy Clingan, free transfer(17)(9)Please for the love of God not Sammy Clingan.
Other 3 are good thoughForest haven't set there site's very high thenForest have no money for signings. They are skint.Lafferty is coming back to burnleySkint? Maybe right now but if rumours are true that may be about to change with take over immenantSc doesn't know the budget yet, so I'd be very surprised and impressed if you did

02 Jun 2012 22:55:35
Kelly Youga, Ben Parker, Danny Green and Mike Grella will be Bradford City's main summer signings. They are also after James Harper after his release from Hull City. Phil Parkinson worked with him at Arsenal and rates the youngster highly.(2)(13)Harper!
Youngster??

Eh?
He's about 31!Can't see that one, Wells has been targeted by Leicester & was with their development coach on Friday - should know my cousin coaches there. He apparently said he wants to leave as there is too much long ball for his game!Absolute bull as Nahki Wells is still on holiday!Yes he came back early - get your facts right!Got my facts right tar, Nahki's a bantam end of!Mike grella is wanted by notts county, and is more likely to go to notts than bradford for obvious reasons, no disrespect

02 Jun 2012 22:46:18
Simon Grayson is planning to buy smart ias he attempts to make his Huddersfield side genuine play off contenders next season. On his wish list is a mixture of experience and youth which Grayson thinks is key for a championship sqaud.

Tommy Smith, QPR, £500,000
Theo Robinson, Derby, £1.25m
Lee Peltier, Leicester, £600,000
Marton Fulop, free transfer
Stephen Quinn, Sheff Utd, £500,000
Peter Ramage, free transfer(6)(18)Town sold Theo Robinson to Millwall a couple of years ago cos the lad was like Bambi... On ice!... Can't see us paying three times what we sold him for to bring him back! (Terrier)5 of them yes definately not theo robinsonIf Theo Robinson is worth 1.25 million i'll eat my hat, beside he hates Huddersfield , could not settle here thats why he left in the first placeAdd another £1m and you can have Robinson.Everyone there is possible except theo robinson, possible benik afobe back though, also reports of simeon jackson!Hope u get em all, certainties for relegation then,lolTheo has already stated that he's not leaving this summer... So stop making stuff upI wouldnt pay 1 pound 25 for robinson utter rubbishThis hasn't been written by a Huddersfield fan - why exactly do we need a goalkeeper?I woulnt give a natt's wotsit for theoStephen Quinn and thats itAll im saying is u can slag theo of all u want but he had 12 goals this season, and didnt start half the games and with an injury spell and still is improvingWhat about lafferty?Wouldnt mind Tommy Smith and Lee Peltier, the rest are average to say the leastI would rather have someone eat my face than have Afobe or Robinson back, both lazy and lacking in talent

02 Jun 2012 22:34:00
Huddersfield Town are looking at Nottingham Forest left back Joel Lynch(14)(9)

Would like quinn and pelts, not so sure about the others, espec robinson, wot a bag of s... he isLynch is a centre back and as forest have offered him a new contract, I can't see why he would decide to sign for Huddersfield. No disrespect

02 Jun 2012 22:18:27
Southampton to snap up Danny Murphy on a free transfer.(28)(19)He certainly ent a left back mate he's a strikerIf true he can pick a good pass with creativty which we miss sometimes last season could be a good signing if trueMidfielder!Would be the experienced head that the saints need for the midfield. Not sure about the wages side of things but is he too similar to Hammond?Not available yet - just negotiating deal^Hammond is rubbish mate, doesn't matter if they are similar, we need to put hammond on the bench or get rid of him.

02 Jun 2012 21:58:36
Chesterfield have signed former Doncaster defender Sam Hird on a 2 year deal after his release.(9)(3)You have got a decent player there, rovers should have kept him, gool luck to him.He is too good for league 2 after watching him last season but good signing thoughAs I said previously, "ridiculous"Great signing for chesterfield ,top class defender ,no matter what anyone else says ,he is a winner and a good lad.Quality signing

02 Jun 2012 21:54:08
Northampton are interested in former Watford and QPR centre back Daniel Shittu on a free transfer after QPR didn't offer the 31 year old a new contract at Loftus Road.(13)(7)He would be class

02 Jun 2012 21:30:51
Paul Dickov is trying to tempt Darius Vassell to drop down a division. The two played together at City. However wages may be an issue.

Alex Cisak is staying at Oldham and won't be sold till at least January.

Kuqi, Wesolowski, Morais, Diallo, M'chanagama all set to sign new deals.

Oumare Tounkara will join after his release from Sunderland.(7)(11)If we sign Vassell, i'll eat my season ticket... Both because of the unlikelihood of it happening, and because of the inevitably massive waste of our wage budget he'd prove to be.

02 Jun 2012 21:24:40
Luton town have missed out on a couple of targets(magno viera,Alex nicholls) but are going to announce a new signing by the end of the week.
A non league full back for a fee in the region of £10000.
Should be announced by Thursday.
Also turned down a joint bid for two unnamed players from forest green rovers who are due to bid again.(6)(6)

02 Jun 2012 21:22:03
PSG will not offer 100m for Rooney. They will not even ask about him. Sigurdsson, Boudebouz and Luuk DeJong will sign for Liverpool this summer. Paul Taylor of too Ipswich along with Keith Andrews. Fortune will leave WBA for Bolton for 1st team football week in week out.(7)(22)

02 Jun 2012 21:18:55
Holt to stay at Norwich once the new manager takes over and gives him a 3yr deal(10)(33)Didn't the chairman say he was too old to get that long a deal?Rubbish rumour, he still has 2 years left on his current contract.At 31 Holty is too old for a new 3 year contract. He has been awesome but Arsenal did the same to Campbell, Pires, Henry et al...Wishful thinking from a doomed canary,lolMy point is; the premiership is about commercial advantage and the bottom line. Clubs are now run by accountants and the board is accountable to all its stakeholders. The sad truth is that there is no room for sentimentality anymore.

02 Jun 2012 21:14:17
Liverpool are interested in Dundee United winger Gary Mackay-Steven following Brendan Rogers' appiontment. Rogers was a fan of former Liverpool trainee Mackay-Steven while at Swansea. Mackay-Steven who signed for Dundee United last year has been shortlisted for the Team GB Olympic football team. {Ed001's Note - ex-Liverpool winger Gary Mackay-Steven? Or is there another one?}(4)(17)Yes mackay-steven used to play for liverpool {Ed001's Note - cheers, just wondered if I was thinking of the right lad, in which case it is very doubtful he would return.}Think the Ed is thinking of Gary Taylor-Fletcher.

Gary Mackay-Steven does indeed play for Dundee United. {Ed001's Note - nope, I was defo thinking of Mackay-Steven, Liverpool signed him from Ross County. I was just checking there wasn't another one. I know Taylor-Fletcher plays for Blackpool, Ed003 would never let me forget it!}This guy has some proper talent. think he needs a year or two still at united to strengthen his overall game (like conway did. conway worked so hard off the pitch in working out to gain upper body strength which mackay steven lacks). think gms needs to also work on fitness but in 5 years time he should be playing at a top club in england.

02 Jun 2012 21:14:01
West Brom to finally name Ralf Rangnick as the new manager tomorrow, but will keep the existing backroom staff.(17)(2)I am not a baggies fan but this is a great appointment by the WBA board.Wasting to much time gona lose out on this 1 again baggies always to slowWest brom are gunna get alex mcleash anyway

02 Jun 2012 20:37:38
Exeter are rumoured to be using the £10k won on the fanpower stadium, to part fund the signings of marcus bean and craig woodman, both from brentford. And are using the money made from players turning down offers, to fund the signing of free agent mcleod.

Yeovil to sign o'kane from torquay.

Swindon to sign lee holmes and mceverly, after successful loan spells.(1)(20)The same Lee Holmes who has signed for Preston?Swindon WON'T be signing Lee Holmes.....he has recently signed for Preston North EndWRONG! Holmes has already signed for Preston.Deary me, Holmes signed for PNE last week, get with the times. O'Kane will be a Swindon playerAnother rumour with no research/evidence... Yeovil also have no money and Lee Holmes has a new club now in PNE...Holmes has already signed for PrestonThe same Lee Holmes that regretted going to Swindon....Preston have got a great looking team form the coming season and have bought well. Not a PNE fan but hope they do well.The person who sated regretted coming to Town is obviously another person Oxford fan. he went to preston you person as he wanted a six figure signing on fee and we werent prepared to pay it and preston were and STFC made the right decision in not paying it. so get a life you sad jealous oxford fan and worry about your own team who are falling apart.Ah preston looking forward to another season of mid table mediocrity there

02 Jun 2012 20:33:43
Mulumbu of west brom in talks with a number of clubs including Liverpool, tottenham and Newcastle. It is understood that he wishes for a new challenge with a team in Europe.(8)(9)New challenges with a team in Europe? So that's just Newcastle and Tottenham, then.Got to get at least 8 mill for him. He is contracted to 2015. Don't want to lose him but we could get 2 good players in replacement. Thinking Ben Foster and Jermain Defoe....None of these could afford him plus step down in ambition.Papertalk page fillers, Mulumbu still on hols,just more bulls££t from idle journalistsMulumbu staying put to important to loseLiverpool are in europe from carling cup winCheck out his twitter comment 2 weeks ago, " chelsea, liverpool or Newcastle next season...". Looks like he wants to go but knowing our chairman he'll demand top dollar or he'll be going nowhere!

The player is expected to undergo a medical at the club on Thursday... I wasn't told whether it will be a loan move or perminent.(13)(13)Funny how he's been "undergoing a medical" at Wigan every transfer window for the last 2 or 3 years :P

02 Jun 2012 20:27:13
Derby County are at the Amsterdam
Arena watching Striker Will Grigg.
Fact(4)(15)Is this true?

02 Jun 2012 20:58:37
Everton have made an offer for Rhodes CASH + a loan of velleos, don't think they have had a repley yet, loan would be for the full season.(10)(16)I heard Everton will sign James Morrison This Summer from W.B.AYou aint got the money

02 Jun 2012 20:24:03
Bradford city are having a tasty look at free agent Aaron Wilbraham, The tactically gifted striker has had a short spell on the Valley Parade pitch before. Bradford are preparing to start negations this week.(2)(18)The mighty Bradford think a Prem striker will drop to league two? And the bottom end of league 2 at that. Sorry forgot how big a club Bradford are! Behave will ya!A prem striker?? It seems he is a free agent at the minute big timer! We will see where he ends up, who do u support?A Premier league striker? Wilbraham was never good enough for the Championship even, never mind the PL!Didn't rate him when he was on loan

02 Jun 2012 20:09:18
Peterborough boss Darren Ferguson wants to give West Ham striker Freddie Sears first team football as he feels that he can help him return to being a prolific scorer.(4)(11)Prolific scorer - never!

02 Jun 2012 20:06:29
Peterborough United to sign Swindon's Matt Ritchie to replace Burnley bound George Boyd.(6)(25)Peterborough couldn't afford him.Yes we can. You have no idea about the state of our finances!Why would he sign for you lot ? do you think we have no money either ?

02 Jun 2012 20:06:14
Gary Roberts in talks with Sheffield Wednesday & an uknown club. Rumours are it's Bournemouth.(7)(5)There was talk on here earlier thats hes allready signed a 2 year deal with wednesdayRoberts was at Hillsborough yesterday as we saw him getting out of his car. Cant say if hes signed or not but definitely in talksCan't see it. Roberts wants to stay up north. If Pugh was to leave and Roberts was offered big money, then maybe there was a small chance.Looks like wednesday have won the race for him, would have loved him at bournemouth

02 Jun 2012 20:03:47
Transfer listed Peterborough captain Grant McCann is to sign a 2 year contract with Bournemouth. The fee is £250k(5)(14)Is he a centre-midfielder or a winger?Centre midCentre midIm surprisede he is going i think he is a great player, he was a key player in posh's style of play.

02 Jun 2012 20:02:14
Liam Trotter to sign for Peterborough after Millwall accepted an offer of £1.2m(2)(24)You must be joking!posh!!Rubbish.Absolute rubbish. Why would he go to posh who are much worse than Millwall and don't have any moneyWith a name like Trotter he should be playing for Charlton nil, not sure if he would play for Chairman Slater though.This is the worst rumor i've ever heard,why would he want to go to a club like peterbourgh who are not as good as millwall and there average attendance is 5,000,and they probably dont have 1.2 million anywayTo be fair as a Millwall fan, I would not be that sad to see Trotter go, and I'd probably take 1.5 million for him. Last season he was average at best and pedestrian at worst. I dont know how long on his contract is left but KJ should cash in and raid the lower leagues for a replacement.Complete nonsense.Southampton and fulham considering bids of over 2 million so think you need to stop playing football managerThis is actually hilarious. Not the rumour but the replies from the Millwall fans. You are so right I mean yeah we do only get 5,000 a week lol and yeah again you are spot on that we cannot afford £1.2m. What a load of disrespectful bs. Posh have well over £11m in the bank, and MacAnthony has told Fergie he doesn't mind if he wants to spend every penny. You Millwall fans are definitely 100% more stupid than this rumour.You said that you could not afford Liam Trotter and then you go and say 'we have 11 million in the bank' hah! plus Trotter would never go to you, if he leaves it'll be for the Premership and i wish him the best of luck wherever he goes! his staying with us anyway, jackett has said that he is offering him an improved contact.Premiership or peterborough ummm let me think about that one oh my days get real posh you are nomarks and will always be thatMillwall just a small club in east of London im afraid[and with little money to spend]unlike the mighty POSH!'Millwall just a small club in east london'?? SOUTH LONDON.. get your facts right!Not really with little money too spend. 500k on Keogh in January. 200k rising to 500k for Shane Lowry. 200k plus add ons in August. 300k on a brand new pitch (Wembley/Emirates style). Maloney from Bournmouth. so its not that we have got no money to spend, we spend wisely. not splashing out 3m for mackail smith no get 9 goalsLet me settle this lads apparently millwall are a small team from east london (south london duh) with no money unlike the mighty posh (ha ha) but where did the mighty posh finish this season oh my days end of argumentFace palm!, east london?, if your going to say something make sure you know what your going on about.Have you all gone POSH overnite east to south who cares!Posh didnt buy craig mackail smith for 3m we sold him for 3m get your facts right

02 Jun 2012 20:01:03
Peterborough have turned to Oldham goalkeeper Alex Cisak to be there new number 1 after Paulo Gazzaniga chose a move to Ipswich.(8)(4)

02 Jun 2012 19:36:06
Barnsley interested in David Gray from
Preston
Greg Halford from Portsmouth
Jack Hobbs from Hull(9)(10)Why in the name of god would Hobbs go to Barnsley!!!!!!!Jack Hobbs?? U having a laugh he is way to good for a team that was nearly relagated last season!Nearly but notHobbs and Chester are the best 2 defenders in the championship who play for a team capable of promotion, so why would Hobbs go to a team that is going to get relegatedCan not see Halford signing up for another relegation scrap.

02 Jun 2012 19:29:42
charlton are in talks with preston over a possible swap deal with coutts going to charlton and matt taylor going to preston(4)(5)Matt taylor played 3/4 of the season without fault and really set the distance from his Exeter status and orchestrated the defence with Morrison all season. if any thing should stay at charlton untill he gets a coaching role he is a really good old fashioned defender who has tasted bitter and sweet throughtout his carrer (coutts didnt really impress tbh this season) why go for coutt's when there is a possible move for jacob butterfield being thrown aroundI think someone has put two and two together and made five.Coutts played very well last season, but he did chuck his dummy out of the pram a couple of times.^ lol ^

02 Jun 2012 19:40:10
To repeat, so people stop just pulling stories out of thin air because they want it to happen, for one reason or another.
Holts agent stated on BBC RN yesterday that Holt will not be going to Villa, if he is to leave Norwich.(8)(7)Don't you know the modus operandi of this site? Unless there's a shred of fact to base your rumours on, wish-fulfilling stories pulled out of thin air are what makes up this place.Holt following lambert to villa,guaranteed

02 Jun 2012 19:39:46
Barnsley offering Andy Gray a 1 year
contract after not getting closer to
any forward sighnings(9)(5)Hope not, told by club he isn't wanted then give him a deal. Club must be really scraping the barrel.Dont think so
He all ready has a year left . The club are prepared to pay him off the last year of his contract if he moves

02 Jun 2012 19:16:34
Marcelo Trotta and Simeon Jackson are both joining Huddersfield Town(4)(21)You might get Del Boy on loan for 2 months or so - butonly as part of Rhodes deal

02 Jun 2012 19:15:40
Graeme Jones will be the next Swan Boss. {Ed007's Note - If he gets the job he is looking to bring in Hamilton Accies manager Billy Reid as his No.2.}(5)(4)

02 Jun 2012 19:13:42
Tony Mowbray to offer Middlesbrough born former player Jonathan woodgate a two year deal after his release from Stoke City.(11)(7)I thought stoke had offered woodgate a new dealThat's kind of embarrassing for you because he hasn't been released and has infact signed a contract extension.Woodgate iam a boro fan what a joke no way wud we go that low the bloke is a joke and yes he still with stoke neva wud we have him back with his track reccord in the boro haha.Not sure what the last post meant- some king of bizarre attempt at an ancient form of English but Woodgate has signed a 12 month extension.Apparently he was mulling over a 12 month extension with stoke or a 2 year deal with boro, he chose stoke.

02 Jun 2012 19:11:16
As Norwich have rejected Holt a new contract it looks likely that he will either go to Villa and join his old boss Paul Lambert. He might go to Southampton but it looks like they are getting Jay Rodriguez and maybe Hooper. So him going to Southampton is not very likely.(11)(12)Why would Saints want him? Lambert is streets ahead of Holt, and a year younger. So, we will add to Lambert, but not a poorer version of him!I hope Saints get none of these. Holt is too similar to Lambert but not as good IMO. The way he has acted in the last few weeks shows he has an ego too and we don't need that. Hooper is insanely overpriced by his club. For 10 million then can go walk. Half that and we're getting sensible and that's a possibility. Jay Rod is the best fit but his apparent lack of commitment is worrying. Not sure he wants to move south? What is he 12 yrs old? Man up and play some football or stay in the champ or bench warm for a northern prem team. I'd gamble on Jordan Rhodes or look further afield!Why would we want to have Holt, when we have Lambert who is younger, and more technically gifted than him? Nonsense.What is the obsession with Lambert being better than Holt they are pretty much identical. If Lambert grabs 20 league goals next season then I will agree. Right now the benefit of the doubt has to go to the guy who proved he can play in the PLHe is a more technically gifted player - yet Holt may actually be a bit quicker of the ground. Whether he scores more goals than Holt did, remains to be seen.Guys he said that its not likely for Holt to go to Southampton not that Southampton want him.Holt and Lambert used to be strike partners, they could again .....If you look at their goalscoring stats in all the leagues, Lambert has performed better

In League 2: Lambert 22 goals in 46 games, Holt 20 goals in 43 games

In League 1: Lambert 30 goals in 45, Holt 24 goals in 39

In Championship: Lambert 27 goals in 39, Holt 21 goals in 45.

Based on these stats I'd say Lambert is better, and I reckon his assists will also be higher. Whether he'll be able to outperform Holt next year, I reckon he can.Saints don't want or need holt.

Ps lambert has out scored holt every season they've played in the same division. And he doesn't throw his toys out when he doesn't get what he wants.League 1 and League 2 there is less than 10% difference in goals per game which would be considered statistically insignificant.
Secondly other variable would be involved include the variance in opponents as well as the style of football played by the team and the quality of the team they played on.Holt got 30 league one goals for a start and he got a lot of goals for not very good teams like wycombe so you are wrong in saying lamberts betterYour saying lambert younger by about 8 monts

02 Jun 2012 18:55:31
Marcelo Trotta will be discussing terms in the coming days regarding a season long loan move to either Barnsley, Swindon or Preston North End.(5)(4)

02 Jun 2012 18:46:29
Doncaster Rovers will announce very ambitious plans to be a feeder club for Manchester United. This will be announced on the 17th June at the fans forum(3)(15)The fans forum is on the 18th not the 17th but dought this being true would be nice but if they want to lend us nani giggs rio i could put up with that help bring the drfc youth inFact; feeder clubs are not allowed.Feeder clubs are allowed crewe is a feeder club for liverpool."Feeder clubs are allowed crewe is a feeder club for liverpool."

Neither of which is correct.Soz wit feeder club fact.Of course you can have a feeder club that's nonsense! You create an affiliation to begin with of which the parent club loans players out to the feeder club!

02 Jun 2012 18:38:42
James Milner and Dembele also set to join Chelsea this summer(10)(24)Dembele 18m+ or very good loan/exchange deal

02 Jun 2012 18:38:25
Norwich look to appoint a new manager as quickly as possible with many bosses already handing in requests and CV's. The favourites look to be out of:
1. Lee Clark
2. Ian Culverhouse
3. Chris Hughton
4. Gus Poyet
5. Karl Robinson
6. Ian Holloway
and others(11)(10)1) hoping that list isn't in order or there might be something wrong with you.
2) are you a cardif fan? Malky is definitely in the top 33) Culverhouse is coming to villa with lambert isnt he??Possibly, probably depends on who is coming in to Norwich. He hasn't been mentioned in any of the deals, but Culverhouse's connections are with Norwich, not Lambert (He basically really only ever played for us.) Will be interesting to see how Lambert does without him, as many consider him to be the one that scouted the young players that worked well for norwich.Paul lambert said he to villa board that he want ian culverhouse his assistant it said on sky sports yesterday and im a norwich fan great loss

02 Jun 2012 18:28:37
Ahmed Elmohamady is in talks with West Ham and he has said that the deal, if it happens, will be completed by next week! COYI!!(15)(6)

Nothing Certain, just the deals being mentioned inside the club(5)(54)Rhodes 3 million whats that for his armIf £3m is the deal being mentioned within the club for Rhodes I would suggest you shy away from Dehlia's home brew.
Fantasy football!How did they come up with this list with no manager?Healy Celtic???If this is a list of players to get, then they are looking for huge bargains, and it was probably the board that made it.

Cheesy LemonRuddy, Bennet, Holt staying at norwich, as for the in list Rhodes is the only decent player on the list and he is overpriced......bring in Holloway with Culverhouse as number 2Think this might be a very deluded person.
why would Ruddy go? Norwich are lacking anyone in his class, and any clubs that would probably need him are not good enough for him.
bennet would be a good shout, unless you mean Ryan Bennet. He has done very well with Norwich and is likely to stay. not to mention Norwich are unlikely to do much if any business with Villa this season.
Jackson will be playing a lot more this season and is unlikely to leave.
Holt has stated he wants to leave due to no extension on his contract, now that this is public, it is most likely going to be corrected by both parties. If he is to leave, norwich would rather let him sit in the reserves than sell for just 2 million.

the ins:
Hesky - waste of wages
Healy - maybe, but price is very low, and he probably wouldn't come due to lack of playing time
Rhodes - probably around 2x that, Norwich will try to grab for 6m if holt is gone.
stearman - no need for him at Norwich
Bruce - Only leeds player on Norwich's radar is Snod
Bullard - ... you having a laugh?Ruddy is about the only keeper we haven't been mentioned with fair to say the list is an epic failApart from there being no manager in place to cone up with this list, the figures are miles off.Lol you an ipswich fan by any chance main poster? Prices and players you're quoting both in and out are beyond laughable.Canaries already rejected £4.5m bid from West Ham for Holt. Rhodes is valued at £8m.

Villa83The only credible transfer out on this list is Crofts, The chairman has already stated that none of the 1st team squad are available for sale and that even includes Crofts, although he struggled to get in the side at all in 2nd half of the season, so I suspect he could be soldRhodes 8 million aha he was st at wembley v sufc all you have to do is man mark him and he does f all"Rhodes is valued at £8m"

If anybody pays that for him I would be very surprised, 5 mill would be more realistic.
By the time norwich get a new manager he will have gone anyway.There is no Healy at Celtic he is at rangers and he is rubbish doesn't even get a gameRhodes will be another jermaine beckford - not the best lets be realistic.Rhodes st at wembley! What a stupid text. What about the other 50 odd games he played. Your tactical genius must be unique otherwise the other league 1 clubs would have done that. Oh, they did! Man marked by 3 sufc players most of the time.£3 mill is good price for striker only proven at l1 level,what is wrong with deluded Huddersfield fans?Rhodes will be ecstatic to be another beckford who scored 10 gls in 22 prem games.lol'Deluded' Huddersfield fans? Who do you support? Why are you getting so wound up? Bit jealous we're going to get a lot of money for a player?When do you want stearman i will deliver him free if you will take ward and henry for freeWhy would Huddersfield sell Rhodes for £3 million when they already turned down an offer of £4mil in January from West Ham.

02 Jun 2012 18:21:54
Five clubs are in the hunt for lower league hot shot Izale McLeod these are Bristol Rovers, Plymouth, Luton, Cheltenham and Oldham. Mcleod is keen to remain near his Milton Keynes home.(8)(1)Good signings but although they are free agents their wages will still be a problemI don't imagine Cheltenham could pay his wages, we wouldn't drop down a league to play for Luton, Plymouth and Oldham are probably too far for him to travel so if this is true, I can only see Bristol snatching him.How true is this?Bristol wont but bristol rovers might

02 Jun 2012 18:16:06
Cheltenham Town will this week finalise deals for Gary Warren of Newport Country and Anthony Straker of Aldershot. The rubies are yet to agree a compensation deal with the shots for Straker. It is believe Mark Yates has offered £20,000 but Dean Holdsworths side are holding out for double that amount.(5)(3)

02 Jun 2012 17:15:30
Malky Mackay to take over at Norwich with Lee Clark replacing him at Cardiff(16)(15)Mackay up there as far as the bookies are concerned but not enough experience for the NCFC Board-and none of Prem. Non-starter.I hope this is true. Cardiff fans will finally know what is like to be shafted by their own manager. I'm sure Whittingham and a few others will follow him.Malkey mackay said he intends to focus on cardiff and cardiff would want to much compensation that norwich will not pay when you can get lee clark or steve bruce on a freeLambert said he was focused on Norwich too, look where that got them. Steve Bruce wouldn't get the job due to the fans attitude. and Lee Clark is unlikely. it's between Hughton and MalkyTo the 3rd comment Cardiff have not done anything worong to you so why the hate?. As you said there is no loyalty in football so why be loyal to his norwich past and go back?Norwich please stop making up these rumors cardiff fans get on well with norwich fans on't ruin it over this thanksThe 2nd coment from top to bottom Cardiff City has already experienced that and seems you are this bitter you must be a watford fan, yes malky came to us and took some of your staff and a good player (Cowie) but you got to get on with it because acting the way you are is very pathetic

02 Jun 2012 17:09:20
Just heard from WBA fan Simon Cox will be
going out on loan next season.
Seems to be out of favour and would go almost anywhere to get first team football.
Mind you is out off dicaios' reach(11)(6)With one season left before he's free to leave do you really think they'll loan him out? He will be sold.If Swindon got Simon Cox on a season long loan they would win league 1 easily.

02 Jun 2012 17:04:27
Preston have made a 400k bid to sign Fulham's Marcelo Trotta.(12)(11)I hope he does go out on loan, the kid shows a lot of promise and PNE look a team on the up. {Ed007's Note - Why are you answering your own posts?}Mama Mia what a load a spaghetti Bolognese.Epic fail from a PNE Fan.....and remember it's free's & Bosmans only this season.Im a PNE fan and i hope this is true but i dont believe anything till i see it , trevor is my uncle n he has pt 6 million into preston to afford wages for the new preston eraPreston won't spend that money on 1 playerThis guy is worth 4m with a years prem experience - only going on loans - will be a prem star in three years time

02 Jun 2012 16:59:03
Malky Mackay to take over at Norwich with Lee Clark replacing him at Cardiff(18)(12)Norwich will have to pay a lot for him because he is on a big contract at cardiff

02 Jun 2012 16:46:58
Gylfi Sgurdsson will not go to Reading, but Liverpool. They will offer 7.5 million pounds and much higher wages than Reading, Swansea etc. Danny Swanson has agreed a to sign for WBA. He wants to play in BPL. Hazard will join Chelsea. Keith Andrews will join Ipswich and Stuart Beavon will join Millwall. These all will happen.(13)(22)This player was on the point of becomeing a swanse player, thus if he does go to liverpool, it may not break the letter of the deal not to go afder swance player, but it certainly flys in the face of the spirit of the agreement.Whoever he signs for he has a great future ahead of him, I wish him well.

True Royal, South Coast.Higher wages but 7.5m compared to 6.8m from reading liverpool will need a higher bid readings 30% sell on fee so it'll save hoff around 2.25m if they go reading so 7.5m liverpool or 9m reading realisticlyGoing to be a great signing for someone just really hope itll be swans but even I agree that's unlikely, hopefully he's got a girlfriend or something down here that will persuade him to stay hahaGylfi Sigurdsson will not go to Liverpool because Brendan Rodgers deal with Liverpool states that he can't purchase anyone who played for Swansea last season. it doesn't say he can't purchase anyone who plays for them now.The "Brendan can't buy Swansea Players" deal does not cover Sigurdsson as he is not a Swansea player. Brendan said he would encourage Gylfi to speak with Swansea's new manager and consider the Swansea move but if he doesn't make the move to Swansea then Brendan will make a move to sign him for Liverpool.Sygurdsson is not a Swansea player and never was.He was only on loan.So Swans have no legal or moral right to dictate where he goes.
CRSigurdsson does not come under that deal, Rodgers has said if he does not want to sign for Swansea he will go for him and take him to Liverpool.Gylfi isnt a swansea player

02 Jun 2012 16:46:06
Leeds and Huddersfield are in talks to sign Leicester City right back Lee Peltier. Around £600,000 is wanted by leicester city as Nigel Pearson wants to bring in Liam Rosenior as a replacement from Hull City(4)(9)And NorwichPearsons like a kid in a sweet shop he wants every body but he will still be a greedy man lower than a snakes belly no loyalty just greedyHe'll come back to town!Pelts told me at the weekend he is desperate to come back to town,Town can not afford pelts with the small turnover they have.can only spen so much of your £5 mill turn over on wages and will be one of smallest in championshipWe have more than £5 million in the town bank, hoyle sold his card factory for around £350 million, looks like were loaded and your team arn'tExcept we have a very rich chairman who is also a life long fan. I have no doubt he will put cash into the club at 100% risk i.e not loaned to the club therefore eligiable to be considered as part of turnover.You hudders fans do not have a clue about this new financial rule do you?wages can only be part of % of club turnover ie ticket money shirt money and deffinately not owners money and hudders owner is a pauper compared to Leicester owners.lolYe keep 'lol'in moron. Firstly, the majority of the clubs in the championship will not go anywhere near the maximum % allowed because they're so skint. With the attendance Huddersfield will get coupled with the increased money from the Championship, and the face we CAN spend the maximum % allowed because we are loaded, means we will be in a very powerfull position financially....

02 Jun 2012 16:39:09
huddersfield to get bolo zenden(5)(13)Worst thing you could do. Take notice of how saints and norwich didn't sign any over-rated, over-payed has beens! When will these people realise throwing money at crap only upsets the team morale! Wake up Huddersfield.And Marc Overmars no doubt.Don't believe all you read on here, Hudds chairman is a canny bloke and knows a thing or 2 about football, he won't let grayson sign rubbish!Wow, i hope not!We arent going to sign him

02 Jun 2012 16:38:18
Grant holt to Villa, Jon Ruddy to Man U but being loaned back to Norwich for season, Hurelo Gomes to QPR, Paddy Kenny to Bolton, Jaaskelin to West Ham, Rob Green of to Germany, Kasper Schmeichal of to Spurs as understudy following international call up(3)(23)Well he's the Mr no it all regarding goalkeepersIs this the goalkeeper merry-go-round or something? No way will Ruddy leave.IF Ruddy was to go anywhere else it'd be as first choice. He's not going to sit on the bench playing second fiddle to De Gea for years on end. No sense in that whatsoever.Jussi been a good player over the years but when adam bogdan is getting in the team in front of you that says alot 37 years old and passed his best

02 Jun 2012 16:38:00
Leeds targets
Simeon Jackson 1.5 million
Killgannon 1 million
Kuszack free
Green free
Beckford 2 million
Danny Guthrie free
Major investment needed or will have another boring season in mid table and posible worse with supposed players moving on. Warnock may loose interest(8)(23)Leeds are crap Guthrie would never go to them, and why are all these Leeds fans dreaming. Beckford ain't coming back to you get over it!Pushing above your weight thereSimeon Jackson is out of contract at Norwhich...I go to most Leicester away games last season and it was easy to see that beckford is desperate to leave us to go back to leeds.even said afterwards that he will only score at elland rd in a leeds shirtv and we took him off as he was not even trying.With the anticipated investment from the yanks takeover the above list is quite realistic. Cant wait for season to start. MOT

02 Jun 2012 16:37:53
Oldham manager Paul Dickov is emerging as the shock candidate for the vacant Norwich City job. Norwich are keen for a manager that implement's fast attacking football a style which apparently Dickov plays at Oldham.(3)(17)Don't be silly...............why?

02 Jun 2012 16:31:08
Swindon Town have had a £250k offer accepted for Torquay's Eunan O' Kane, personal terms still to be discussed and agreed after Jubilee break.

Source: O'Kane's Agent

Swindon Town also weighing up an offer for Burton Albion striker Billy Kee, with Mehdi Kerrouche plus cash being involved in the deal(9)(14)Why would Swindon offer £250k when he has a £200k release clause in his contract. I think your source is HP not his agent

02 Jun 2012 16:19:59
Any news on Peterborough ed?(1)(11)I've heard this too, being from Bolton I have met his dad on a couple of occasions, he's willing to sign on a 12 month contract with a big wage cut to prove he can play a full season before moving back up

02 Jun 2012 16:11:33
rumours about west ham ins and outs: ins saha free yakubu 1.2 mil wilfried zaha 5 mil holt 4.5 mil paul robionson unknown craig gordon free richardson 2 mil lots more! outs carew faubert diop faye those are the people that are defiantly out sam baldock loan to crystal palace included in the deal with zaha with a view of a further deal permanent for 1.5 mil if he does well theres alot of rumours its about time gold and sullivan get there wallet out! COYI(13)(18)Absolute nonsense!we turned down 8 million from Bolton for Zaha, why would we accept 5 million from West Ham with some crappy fringe player on loan for the season..Your smoking them bubbles again, zaha is NOT going to yous for 5 millZaha will be comin to the mighty hammers 7million will do it and others will make the Hammers a very feared side COYIAre you deluded? Why would we reject 8 million and then accept 7 million?A few more goes and you might come close to the price for Zaha, COYI !
But then you still have to think about whether Wilf wants to play for Fat Sam. The long ball game does not suit him.Not a chance, he is one year into a five year contract. You will need about 8 million (plus Baldock) before CPFC even take WHU seriously!We will see! COYI

02 Jun 2012 16:10:43
can anybody tell me some stoke transfer news, thanks(2)(11)Expect Kenwyne Jones to leave in the very near future1 or maybe 2 strikers to sign, 1 center midfielder a winger and a center half to replace huthHuth's not going

02 Jun 2012 16:05:43
Charlie Daniels set to leave AFC Bournemouth for a unnamed Championship team. Deal set to be player exchange plus cash. MORE TO FOLLOW(2)(9)The club is Barnsley they have offered Chris dagnall in exchangeNo chanceHaahhaahahahhaa. Why on earth would he leave Bournemouth for Barnsley?Bournemouth don't need another striker so not gona happenI hope not as Charlie has been class for us but you can't stop players wanting to move up the leagues, I Wish him every luck in the world, he is easily championship class, best left back in league one by a country mileAnother foward i dont think so we have way to meny as it isRubbish. Bournemouth have released one left back and sold another. Daniels is our only left back and on a massive wage.I wouldnt be surprised if he did move to the championship but cant see it being to barnsleyDaniels is on mega money so he won't be leaving us

02 Jun 2012 16:04:36
Norwich to replace one Lambert with another Lambert; Paul Lambert out, Rickie Lambert in.(8)(21)LMAO, what? really, i mean come on you can do better than that for a joke or are plain stupid and think Rickie Lambert is a manager or something :L please mate Rickie Lambert Loves Saints and will probably end his career here so ssh you have a Donkey we have a technically gift playerSo, Rickie is off to join a rudderless Norwich in favour of staying at Saints, who have worked wonders to get him at his peak and champing at the bit to get into the Premiership??
Don't you skates have other things to occupy your minds? Oh, sorry, I forgot.....

02 Jun 2012 16:03:37
Oxford have accepted a £200,000 bid for striker James Constable. Constable though has turned Bristol Rovers down.(7)(11)Ben strvans would be good signing for the yellows chris zebrowski good enough .Goal scoring machine Ben Strevens?
Oxford have 5 strikers who can't score already! why get another one to replace the top scorer of the past 4 years

02 Jun 2012 15:51:31
Reading FC are likely to make a move for AFC Wimbledon winger Christian Jolley. They look to strengthen and reinforce their team with both established, experienced goal scorers and young, promising playmakers.

The Football 411(10)(28)Your prices are so far wrong, there is no credibility within these "rumours".You're so far off the mark it's unreal.

Mariappa is just over £2.5m.

Defoe wont be a perm deal. Wages too high. We have offered a season loan instead.

Rhodes will take at least £4m. Not sure it will happen as we have now bid £5.5m for Shane Long.

Jolley? What is YOUR fascination? You keep posting this all by yourself...

Yakubu is pure speculation.We already have young and promising playmakers in D'ath and taylorGet none of them no decent player would go to readingHaha Rhodes for 2 million. Are you joking? Huddersfield are a rich club, think they're guna sell him for 2 million quid? It will be at least 6 million, already turned down lots of offers around the 4-5 million markI'm a Wimbledon fan and jolly isn't worth 900k, that is laughable! Maybe 90k. He would be sold for between 100 and 200k.Huddersfield fans do need to get real about their valuation of rhodes. As a neutral id say he's worth £4m, he is not proven in any league above league 1 and league 1 defences are shambles. I dont think he'd do anything in the premier leagueLOL at "no decent player will go to Reading"

LOL at jeolous idiots wishing they'd had an owner who built the club from the ground up, slowly and sensibly, and then sold to a multi-billionaire...

Hehe :)Why do you think its Huddersfield fans who value him this high? Its everyone else chucking money at us thats why its going to be more than 4 million. We don't need to seel him because of the money already at the club, thats why clubs are having to come up with high values.Would that be the same league 1 that Ricky lambert played in 2 seasons ago. How many did he score then and how did he do last season?So he's only worth £4m is he? Well West Ham already offered £5m in Jan, and he has gone on to score many goals since then. Whilst I agree he is untried in the higher leagues, you only have to watch the guy to appreciate that he is a born goal scorer.Yes, he isn't going to frighten you with his pace, yes he won't frighten you with his build, but what he will frighten you with his ability to be in the right place and more importantly his finishing, which is outstanding. Watch his 4 goals against Sheff Wednesday earlier this season and then tell me he's only worth £4m. But please don't come back and tell me that he won't get the same space in Prem or Champioship etc as his finishing is very instinctive, quite different to say Andy Carroll who was sold for over £30m.With all these big fees going round it's pretty criminal how bad Watford are at getting the right price.You can't use Andy Carroll's price to say Jordan Rhodes should be worth more. Andy Carroll's price was inflated because he is English. No league 1 striker is worth more then £2-3 million because of the gulf in class between league 1 and the hugged leagues.Hey, as an independent I admire Reading for what they have done and how they play. Was thrilled you beat West Ham now there is a team up it's own arse believing its academy gives it a Devine status to the Premier League. See West Ham more in comparison to MK Dons as you stole a place in Premier League all those years after gutless FA did not relegate you after Tevez affair. Hope reading beat you and relegate you again next year.Sorry about this but you mean mk franchiseI doubt jolley will go for 900k! and where the hell did you get 'defoe to reading from'Rhodes were going to go to bolton for 9 million if huddersfield didnt get promoted but i really dont know how you got 2 million

02 Jun 2012 15:41:53
Enoch Showunmi in talks with hometown club Luton for a possible return(10)(0)

02 Jun 2012 15:32:06
Tranmere trying to sign James wallace from everton on loan. He spent part of last season at tranmere. Ronnie Moore is a big fan.(8)(0)After all the crap tranmere fans gave him for wishing welsh and buchs goodluck at pne ,cant see him goin thereI would have baxter back than wallace.

02 Jun 2012 15:22:50
Derby county have made an Enquiry
about Sheffield united Centre back
Harry Maguire after they Missed out
on Promotion.Also Promoted midfielder
Ashley westwood of Crewe.(11)(5)No we haven't. Stop making up lies!

02 Jun 2012 15:17:13
qpr make ben foster their number one keeper target for am alleged 5 million pounds(12)(11)For that money you could get a decent keeperFoster is a decent keeper ...........

02 Jun 2012 15:14:06
man city are ready to swoop for robin van persie as he has contract talks this week, if the talks fail city will offer 25 million for the premier league player of the year(6)(21)Totally agreeUmm, no his contract talks have been delayed until after the euros. And he is going nowhere.

02 Jun 2012 15:14:00
Seen loads of rumours recently regarding Reading FC, most are complete rubbish. This should be comprehensive. We have been recently taken over by Thames Sports Investments. This means that we have a new owner in place, Anton Zingarevich, although he is only worth approx £650m his father will be the driving force behind the club and is worth in excess of £3bn. Reading have brought in two new Directors in Andrew Obolensky and Chris Samuelson, both are financial experts as well as football fans (AO Reading and CS no real allegiance) and are purely to advise Anton in business ventures. We have our manager committed to the club on a long term deal, although admittedly wants to manage Republic of Ireland one day, and both our Assistant Manager, Nigel Gibbs, and Director of Football, Nicky Hammond, are on long term deals. Continuity is key. We will make some signings, and will break our record transfer fee but we will not change how the club operates or bring in a massive number of new players.
We are a small club, we are however a growing club. We have an impressive strategy that has seen us build the infrastructure and playing staff in line with each other, TSI have already put a serious amount of money into the Academy, with aspirations towards Cat1, the training facilities and youth facilities, where we are linking up with several schools as well as looking at new facilities outside of Hogwood for youth players to train separately to the main team.
We are looking at bringing in 5/6 players. At a similar level to our current team, this will be to push and challenge the first team, these are players with potentially high resale and that can progress in line with the club. We will not be dropping all those that have got us to where we are.
A 'transfer budget' of £15m has been mentioned. McDermott discussed targets with Zingarevich who has given him assurances that money will be available for the right players. As is stands there is no hard and fast budget but McDermott had identified players he would like in the region of approximately £10m. Some more speculative transfer targets may increase this if any 'coups' can be pulled off.
Firstly, we have only made a few concrete bids, some have been rejected and some will not be following up. Not all of these will come but the point is we are trying:

Adrian Mariappa: £2.5m bid accepted. This was agreed over two weeks ago, Watford are releasing stories about rejected bids – Watford Observer has picked up that this may not be the case. Mariappa heard of interest before his Jamaica call up and has had provisional contract talks with Reading, it seems promising so far but he has been holding back to see if other teams come in for him, with interest from clubs like Newcastle last transfer window, but sounds very promising so far. Mariappa will be coming to Reading once he returning from International Duty, this should go through within the next fortnight.

Matthew Connolly: £900k bid lodged, player is keen to come and Reading want, QPR have said that he doesn't have a future with them. Deal is progressing.

Shane Long: £5.5m (plus add ons) – player would consider a return to Reading, girlfriend a Reading fan, mum still comes to games when WBA aren't playing (she brought her Season Ticket last season before Long left and resides locally). Long and McDermott are still close. West Brom will not consider any deal until a new manager is in place and will let the new manager decide if he wants to keep him. Long will not try to push through a deal as he has too much respect for the club that gave him his chance in the Premier League, but does want assurances he will play.

Gylfi Sigurdsson: £7.2m bid lodged and contract offered matching terms offered by Swansea. Liverpool may bid soon which is his likely destination and Swansea have more chance due to him being settled in the area and his playing style but with uncertainty around the team and manager having left Gylfi has asked for more time before committing anywhere. He was due for a medical on Thursday which has been delayed. He is now on holiday. Unlikely he'll come to Reading, but the bid is a sign of intent.

Bjorn Sigurdarson: £1m bid launched. Rejected. Lillestrom want £3.5m cash upfront. Reading are not willing to spend that much on him but are continuing to monitor and send scouts with a view to placing another bid later in the window if they have not secured a creative attacking midfielder/second striker that plays in the hole and prefers the ball on the floor – to complement Adam Le Fondre as a late sub and allow a possible 4-5-1. Everton and Wolves are monitoring as are several European teams. Sigurdarson previously said he would only leave Lillestrom for a Premier League team, otherwise he could happily spend his entire career there. Wolves could be an exception because of their manager. Everton are interested and have enquired but no formal bid launched yet.

Chris Gunter: £2m bid launched. Rejected. Same as Swansea when Rodgers was in charge. Interest from a couple of larger Premier League teams but no other bids made. Unknown as to whether Reading will follow up interest and place a further bid.

Jacob Butterfield: Contract offered, no discussions with Barnsley regarding fee so if accepted this would go to tribunal. Newcastle have offered a contract and are the likely destination. Middlesbrough also interested.

We have fielded in excess of 30 enquiries, these do include Joe Cole and a possible loan bid for Jermaine Defoe, but the likelihood of pulling any of these off are very low. We have spoken to Blackburn about Yakubu but not made a bid, yet, West Ham are his likely destination. Some of those we have spoken informally include Danny Guthrie, who is more likely to go to WBA or Aston Villa, Keith Andrews following release from West Brom. Initial enquiries to New Edubiase United about striker Emmanuel Baffour. Matt Phillips and Jordan Rhodes are also on Reading's radar but both unlikely due to fees wanted by clubs.

Reading have already brought in Garath McCleary and will continue looking for free transfers where players fit 'the Reading way'. Attitude and work ethic is key.

Lots of interest, but mostly very speculative at this stage.(16)(30)Great post from a Oxford fanYou lost me when you said Reading are a small club. They're no smaller than Middlesborough, Southampton, Fulham etc. The catchment area is huge, but the club has never had the chance it has now to capitalise on it. Now it can with the new owners and the stadium expansion.

Reading are an average size club with aspirations of becoming a top 8 club.Reading are an average size club, but highly doubt they will ever be top 8.I can't understand why reading fans keep thinking that west brom would sell Shane long. The only reason he hasn't played that much this season is through injury he's gonna play a much bigger Part for WBA next seasonWow, well there's 10 minutes of my life gone that ill never get back...thanks for that!Our first season in the prem we finished.....8th. Top 8 right there.They are a far far smaller club than Middlesbrough and Southampton know one even knew reading had a football team till you built the madejski. Youre delusional pal!I think you will find that antons father is having nothing to do with this deal which is why the due dilligence took so long as there was a conflict of stories as to how much money could be available! but never the less you still have a very rich owner and good luck to you this season!

tommo. MOTErm, it was only 5 years ago that we finished 8th in the Premier League LOL.

That isn't an Oxford fan. That's a Reading fan. I can tell immediately who it is as well, as he posts on Royals Rendezvous.Decent post, level headed approach of Reading transfer targets, interests and rumours. As a Reading fan for over 30 years I'm embarrassed by the degree of some posts on here about our new fond mega bucks status.. To all those new Reading fans we will earn the respect of natural supporters not by large-in it up, but by following the example of our manager and go about our business under the radar.Wow you finished 8th once, got relegated soon after. That doesnt make you a top 8 team, you can not finish 8th or above season after season. Much better teams than you.Same size as Southampton don't be stupid you are a small club with tiny support as for top 8 what of league 2 where your fan base deserves whufcHow many strikers do West Ham need!?To the West Ham fan above- It must of hurt to have not beaten Reading last season and then to get thrashed at home. I can see why you're bitter.Reading and mk dons are the same no fans and they think attract fans as they improve but they will always both be small clubs and that won't changeStill bitter about losing twice and the championship title last season to little Reading? if we stay up next season then our ground will be expanded so it will be bigger than Upton Park. League 2 support? my arseYes Reading are exactly like MK Dons....once a team that were uprooted from their home and moved to a giant roundabout. The other is a team that has been around since 1871 and has a long but not always successful history. Yes I see your point....idiot.Actually, I can assure you Anton's father is very much part of the deal and was also assessed by the Premier League. His assets are over £3b. He had to be cleared as well because AZ confirmed his father 'could' invest at a later date.

Cheers,
Matty9To be fair for years Man City have pretty much been a joke (sorry city fans but u know its true) and a Reading size team, now look at them... though granted they spent stupid money to get there. Reading decent team, well run with a following capable of filling a 24,000 seater stadium, only large big team in their county, just on outskirts of London really, no reason they cant attract the fans and do well and yeah i can't see them top 8 for a while, but again i never saw man city coming top 5 let alone winning the league so in reality its got the infrastructure there to do it, and with their history of bringing out the best in players and making them big names like doyle, sidwell, sigurdsson, long, they could attract a lot of potential talent that could grow up through the top level academy they are hoping to achieve and then have a dangerous homegrown young team on their hands that come into fruition in a few year. Just saying don't rule it out because at the end of the day, a clubs name is just that its the way the clubs run that makes clubs good and appealing and Reading do that well enough, just hoping we can join them in a few years ^^ seaguls :)2 things, u dont compare with man city, no matter what, and big names? doyle sidwell etc, thats funny

02 Jun 2012 15:05:48
Reading update:

Mariappa fee was agreed weeks ago. Watford, with Reading's permission have been leaking stories that bids have been rejected. This is to soften the blow of selling their player of the season. Mariappa is away on International Duty but will complete his £2.7m move when he returns (some of that is in add-ons)

Reading have also made WBA a £5.5m offer for striker Shane Long. It's thought that the striker and his family miss the area and Reading would like to bring him back if a deal can be done. This one is a 'watch this space' I'm afraid.

Reading have entered the race for former midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson. A few was agreed last week but the player has decided to take a holiday before making a decision on his future. Swansea have agreed terms, but the medical was postponed. Any number of clubs could now come in for him, but Reading are in the mix.

Reading 'we're' interested in a perm deal for Defoe but have baulked at the wages. They have instead made an offer for a season long loan. I have no idea if this is likely. He's on Int Duty and I doubt will make a decision until after the Euros. All you can say is Reading are trying to bring him in, whatever the outcome.

Reading have also spoken with Danny Guthrie's agent. I have no idea if anything has come of that.

BigMike(7)(20)

02 Jun 2012 15:00:17
a host of championship clubs such as millwall, birmingham, burnley, crystal palace and recently relegated bolton are after norwich striker chris martin(12)(4)Grant Holt would also interest clubs willing to offer a 3 year contract.Why would grant holt go play in championship now after the season he had in prem ??

02 Jun 2012 14:56:06
Barnsleys jacob Butterfield set to sign for Newcastle for 3m(14)(13)How do you work that out? He's free to leave and compensation will be around £400,000.On his way to wednesdayBarnsley's Jacob Butterfield is struggling to recover from his knee injury and may not be fit for the start of this season so he could be left in limbo to where he will be playing his football this coming year

02 Jun 2012 14:55:12
Former Oldham striker Reuben Reid has signed for Yeovil(8)(6)Kinda glad to see him go always offside and a very lazy player, cant see him being a great signing. most of his goals at Oldham were penalty's anyway so he wont be a great replacement for Andy Williams.Andy williams is overrated mate, im a yeovil fan... for the number of chances he had, his conversion rate was poor... too greedy and often got lucky with poor goalkeepingSounds like a bitter yeovil fan that, the fact is williams got in positions to shoot, reid doesn't, bet he cant believe he got a 2 year deal!I agree with the statement above^^
also im a yeovil fanHe is overrated tho..
also im a Yeovil fan.

02 Jun 2012 14:53:04
Huddersfield tracking jonathan woodgate and simeone jackson........ these are said to be the marquee signings to show their ambitions for their 1st season back in the second tier of english football(8)(16)Jackson has signed a new contract at Norwich...

02 Jun 2012 14:50:36
Templeton agrees to join Southampton. Swanson looking to go to a premier league side(9)(9)Who's he?....and who does he play for?....and what position?David Templeton (born 7 January 1989 in Glasgow) is a Scottish professional association footballer. A tricky and skilful attacking player, he currently plays for Hearts in the Scottish Premier League. He's a winger.Oh god my old teacher is going to play for Saints, cant watch why would they buy my teacher :L yeah no seriously who the hell is this guy?^hearts thats all i knowDo you mean the guy at Hearts? Jesus! I hope we're setting our sights a little higher than that!I live in scotland (but a saints fan) he is not a bad player, in my opinion. Good addition if it happens.He's a decent player, more pace than intelligence and skill in my opinion though! One of those ones that puts their head down and runs!Saints dont need another head down winger, already tryna shift de ridder is a rumour, so you know!Templeton has great pace and would be a top sighing also young

02 Jun 2012 14:38:10
Blackpool to offer a contract to Paul Anderson wage thought to be around 5,000 Blackpool will have pay compensation to forest(9)(4)As anderson has not being offered new terms we owe no compensation whatsoever.

02 Jun 2012 14:36:02
Ipswich have a bid accepted for Paulo Gazzanigan from Gillingham believed to be in the region of £250,000 for the highly rated youngster comes from a very good source extremly close to gillinghams owners and is 100% true
He was poised for talks today with discussions said to have gone very well :) will probably sign by Tuesday(2)(9)Doubt it, they dont have a player of that nameThis sounds a great link! How reliable is your source?They probably mean Gazzaniga I've also heard about a very strong link Linking this player with ipswich!!!!Lee Clark will be Gillingham FC new Manager on Friday

02 Jun 2012 14:32:39
yeovil town have signed former oldham striker reuben reid on a two year deal, and will join up with the squad on the 1st of july.(6)(5)Oh dear , first keanu marsh-brown and now reuben reid. Id put my house on you lot going down next year.Done the double over Oldham last year... keep that in mind before you hurl around abuse...But we take players who are bad and turn them into better players happened with Andy Williams and Dom blizzard is showing improvements plus we need back up playersVery pleased with Rueben Reid signing, when ever I have seen him play for Oldham always thought he was decent. A star in poor team tbh.Yeah, Oldham are a very poor team, I'd have my money on them going down!Can't disagree with the 'poor team' comment, but the idea that Reid was 'a star' is completely fallacious. Overweight; lazy; touch like a donkey and only ever scored penalties. You're welcome to him.Haha. A star in a poor team. lol. He's terrible, fat and always at Nando's. Your in trouble if there's a Nando's near you.I hope you have a striker that can jump and try to win a header because he dosn't try at all , but is strong and very fast and we are not a poor team we just had a poor season but got big scalps such as sheff utd away we won.Oh dear bad signing as reid is hopeless in the air and controlling the ball and can't run as he puts so much weight on over the season. As for Marsh Brown you won't change him and take a look at his history at other clubs. Dickov got rid for a reason, he got injured and came back at least 2 stone over weight. Oldham far better than yeovil and wait for their signings of a striker far better than Reid.How are oldham far better than yeovil when we did the double over you last seasonIf hes no good and doesnt cut it, our gaffer will give him the boot... hes not spineless... maybe if hes playing for fans who get behind their players and a manager with experience, he might find the desire to lose weight and he'll be on a mission to show oldham up now and good on him... not hard mind you we made a mockery of them last year...Deluded Oldham fans or what! haha, far better than Yeovil oh dear! :/ anyway glad we signed him looking forward to seeing him play!

Oh and there is no Nandos ;)Oldham are only a small team, similar to Yeovil. Just wait till the season starts and let the football do the talking, cant see either team setting the world a light though!Haha! Yeovil fans calling Oldham a small team. Heard it all know. What league where you playing in when we were in the Premiership?Oldham are small team. With Dickov in charge I think relegation is on the cards for Oldham next season!^^^ your not in the premier league anymore, so shouldnt really bring up the past. As of present, yeovil are a better club, how can i tell? we did the double over you last season, proof is in the pudding!He scored 3 goals from open play , the rest were penaltiesHaha yeovil = oldham reserves, you take the players that we release and yet we were near relegation last year with them players, i would worry if i was a yeovil fan and kmb and reid play first team for youBest thing about reid signing for yeovil was the headline on skysports site, latics ace signs for yeovil, haha couldn't stop laughing didn't know you only have to score a goal as a striker to become an 'ace'Too funny, yeovil fans thinking they are a league one club!, only a matter of time before your back in the non league where you belong, premiership was a long time ago but at least we've been in it! enjoy your 2 reject signings, fat boy and attitude, star buys!!! lol deluded ytfc!Oldham we are a far better team! past results show it! fair play you use to be in the prem well done now get with the times you are a poor team with a poor manager, my money is on relegation for you deluded lot! laters bye.Oldham will go down you can't afford to keep players just look at Taylor he's leaving as he wants to go to a bigger club his words and knowing Gary Johnson and Yeovil town these players will become successful because we respect our playersTaylor left because he wanted to play in the Championship, as he has stated for years. Well done on doing the double over us Yeovil, it was clearly the highlight of your season. See you at BP for your cup final next season.Yeah see you next season for our 6 points ;)

02 Jun 2012 14:30:55
Maguire to talk with wendys as he's an owl but Danny not ready to sell unless big money and I'm told they don't have that
McDonald def on his way there as no fee traitor(2)(5)Wednesday are loaded mateComplete rubbish

02 Jun 2012 14:30:30
Crystal Palace are looking to complete the signing of Crawley's Kyle McFadzean as a replacement for Anthony Gardner whom had his contract offer withdrawn from Palace yesterday.

McFadzean is highly thought of at Crawley and they would hold out for £1m for the defender. Blackpool, Burnley, Bolton & Wigan are also thought to be interested.(7)(1)Ahhh mate, i hope this isnt true, if crawley loose McFadzean then its game over and conference here we come :/Gardner did'nt have his contract withdrawn he decided to join sheffield wednesdayTome ince would be a 3.5 mill starting bid baring in mind he has just started to show his true potential over the last 8 months or so and the fact that he is still under contract means he's going to a regular starter at Bloomfield road.All seems believable

02 Jun 2012 14:28:12
The Crystal Palace board seem to be serious about contending for promotion next season as they are about to sanction around £2m in transfer fees next week.

Southampton duo Jason Puncheon & Lee Barnard are valued at £400,000 each by Palace and it is believed that the bid has already been made.

Palace look to be set to test Sheffield Wednesday with a £1m bid for striker Gary Madine.

The loan fee for a season long loan for West Ham striker Sam Baldock is around £200,000 and Palace hope to add a clause to the loan stating that they can buy him for £1,000,000 whenever they choose to throughout the loan(13)(12)Barnard would command a fee of around 500,000, and Puncheon would not be let go for 400,000. Southampton have rejected more before.Palace get promoted? Don't make me laugh!Puncheon is valued by Southampton. At 600,000 -1millionTry doubling that figure for each of Barnard and PuncheonBarny for that price? Maybe. You'll need closer to a mill for puncheon though!Barnard will go, but i sense that punch is going to be used in a deal with blackpool (or at least i hope that's the case)800,000 for Barnard? you are kidding right?I dont know what the hype is about puncheon he isnt good at is worth 150,000 but southampton value him at 600,000-1,000,000See if Saints can sneak in an exchange for Clyne, would be ideal!

Don't mind selling deadwood for cut price to be honest, particularly if it might sweeten the deal for us to sign a palace player, got some good young talent there.

02 Jun 2012 14:23:34
Craig Davies has asked for a move from Barnsley. May be offered to Wendys in exchange for Giles Coke and Mike Jones who Keith has been after for ages(2)(8)What a load of toshAre you sure it is not David jones

02 Jun 2012 14:20:38
Blades news
Beattie to sign for Yeovil
K MacDonald in early talks with Wendy's
Kitson rumour is rubbish as we can't afford his terms
Lewis Chalmers in talks from Macc town, seen as successor to K Mac
Danny to offer Alan Smith a one year deal
Williamson has not yet decided whether to stay. Having talks with Barnsley
Mike Cestor CB and David Mooney ST to sign from Orient
Maguire(4)(12)Nither of them are good enough for Leyton orient , there's no way there good enough for you.Be a right signing if barnsley sign williamson

02 Jun 2012 14:18:23
Reading FC are looking at Gylfi Sigurdsson, although Liverpool look more likely to step in if the Icelandic international's move to Swansea falls through.(11)(6)Absolute rubbish-Liverpool are not allowed to sign a Swansea player for 12 months, and whilst he is no longer with them, I would bet that deal also includes him.6.8 million fee agreed with the swansHe isn't a Swansea player yet......only the fee agreed between clubs, but he hasn't signed. So Liverpool can try and sign him if they wishThat deal does not include Sigurdsson, he is not a Swansea player!An agreed fee is an agreement between clubs not the player and the club. And Sigurdsson is not a Swansea player, he's a Hoffeinheim player. So he is not excused of any move to Anfield.He's not a Swansea player yet.. And according to voices in the bundesliga.. No fee has actually been agreedPerfectly plausible as Sigurdsson is at Hoffenhiem not Swansea!But his he is not currently contracted to Swansea so he is excluded from the agreement that Liverpool can't sign any Swansea PlayersFOR THE LAST TIME HE ISNT A SWANSEA PLAYER! Liverpool are entitled to sign him, i swear the amount of stubborn swans fans on here is annoying
- coming from a spurs fanThe clause in Rogers contract with Liverpool states that he cannot purchase any players who played for swansea last season as well as current players. Now correct me if im wrong but siggurdson played for swansea last season?

liverpool is definately not where he is headed^ right so rodgers has said he may go for him if he doesn't go to swansea for a laugh?

02 Jun 2012 14:17:04
Lee Clark the front runner for the managerial post at Gillingham(5)(18)You couldnt afford him! and you shouldn't want him, all he does is throw money at players and over packs his squads out with over payed prima-donas, refuses to attack teams and finish em off and is an arrogant geordie who thinks he's gods gift to management!who throws his weight around all the time with his players and has only had one job and been sacked after 2 failed play off attempts!.............. hahaahhaa RANT OVERExactly,he thinks he is bobby robson when he is in fact more like bobby ball

02 Jun 2012 11:00:27
Any news on sigurdarson ed? I know wolves, everton and others were interested but it's gone quiet as far as I can tell. {Ed001's Note - no sorry, not heard of anything other than talks with Wolves.}(2)(5)Reading had a £1m bid rejected. Everton have enquired and Wolves have mentioned interest but nothing formal yet. Their Director of Football is notoriously difficult to work with and at the moment clubs have been mostly put off by his firm "£3.5m cash upfront" demands. Moves likely to happen later in the summer. He won't consider anything other than a Premier League move or a move to Wolves.Reading opened the bidding at £1m but have since pulled out. They want £4m and up front. Reading not convinced he's worth that yet. Wolves now favourite with their new manager a fave for Icelanders.

Contrary to rumours, Everton have not bid yet.

02 Jun 2012 13:54:50
BREAKING NEWS: Shrewsbury Town FC are set to announce the signing of centre back Phil Edwards on Monday. Shrews boss Graham Turner was chasing the defender this time last year whilst he was with Accrington but instead he opted to join Stevenage.(4)(3)Darren Jones? Rory McArdle? Nathan Clarke? we cant sign all these centre backs, so which ones?Nathan ClarkeWell if the budget allows, we need two new centre backs. Cheapest and best on offer!

02 Jun 2012 13:38:20
Reading FC look to strengthen their team by in all areas. Their priorities seem to be to find established goal scorers as well as back up forwards. In order to reinforce their forwards Reading are heavily linked to Christian Jolley of AFC Wimbledon at a fee of around £900k.

The Football 411(1)(17)I'm a Reading fan and I think THIS IS A LOAD OF RUBBISH. Why the hell would we want a AFC WIMBLEDON player for the BPL!!??Billionaire's Reading in for AFC Wimbledon striker. Really?Reading scouted him at least 10 times this year, could be possibleReading are not Billionaires.Er yes they are. AZ worth £650m and his father who has also been cleared by the Prem Lge is worth over £3b.

Cheers,
Matty9Christian Jolley is a very good player, extremely quick, really hope we dont sell him. COME ON WOMBLES!

02 Jun 2012 13:27:29
Scottish midfielder Ian Black is set to sign for English League 1 outfit Swindon Town after becoming frustrated at Rangers money troubles. He is set to sign a 2 year deal with the option of a 3rd should he play a certain number of games.(6)(10)What has Ian Black got to do with Rangers?!?He was at hearts,whats that got to do with rangersEveryone enjoys these wind-up transfer rumours, but people could at least get the facts right about their lies! Black plays for Hearts u numpty {Ed001's Note - I am sure he means because Black was hoping to join Rangers if they could sign players again.}Another st rumour at least get your facts right he played for Hearts not Rangers & he is now out of contractRangers and the player said they would talk if the transfer embargo was lifted. He'd have been an absolute star at Ibrox. Tough in the tackle, and not afraid to mix it up. He is exactly the type of player I would love to see at Rangers............BTW I am a Celtic fan :-)What he was meant to say is because Rangers wanted to sign him but cant at the moment cos of money troubles, he might go to Swindon insteadHow do you know this?I know Black's agent. Di Canio wants him quite badly it seems.Ahh, reckon he would drop to league 1?

02 Jun 2012 13:17:25
Anthony Edagr has left the club because his profile has been removed from the website.(2)(6)He has not left, as i have posted numerous times, he has merely been told he does not feature in the plans for next season and is free to find a new club. but he is still contracted and we'd be informed by the club should he be releasedSeems a bit rash by Edgar. I'm sure he could have asked for it to be put back on.

02 Jun 2012 13:11:02
Hartlepool to sign;
Tommy Miller - Free
Jonothan Grounds - Free
Ryan Donaldson - Free
Samuel Adeji - Free(8)(3)Finally at least some sense on here
Miller if Hartlepool make a offer will no doubt go there as its his old club.
Grounds, I'm not sure but likely to happen
Donaldson was a bit rubbish when he went to Hartlepool before, not so sure about that one
Adjei, looked good at Pools but injury problems might get in the wayDonaldson will not go to Hartlepool. Not a chance.

McDermott, another youngster released from Newcastle, is more likely to move to Hartlepool, but that's becaue he's trained with the club so I'm going on that - nothing else.

Douglas is out of contract so no money needed he wants to go prem and wants to join newcastle

Demba Ba is not leaving after he revealed several times he feels he would only shine at newcastle due to their style of play and feels that he would get more goals and play alot better along side International Partner Cisse.

Gael Billigirami will join a Championship side on loan

Also Shane Ferguson wants out and Derby county have already made an enquiry.It's Bigirimana and he's just signed a new contract so don't think this will happenGael bigrimana
just signed a knew contract so he is going nowhereWho are the 12 Newcastle players who have been releasedAnother deluded geordie, Ba, Tiote, Cisse, Ben Arfa, Coloccini, Cabaye all to be sold and replaced with youthful players with potential for the futureAffelay will go to arsenal and not any other club as wenger is a long term admirer of Affelay and one of the players van persie asked to get if he is to stay and both players are friendsSorry Sunderland, your players are worth so so much. Your best players want away, not a single one has said they wanted to stay!

02 Jun 2012 13:08:24
Southampton plotting 1million pound move for unwanted spurs midfielder Jermaine Jenas. He is wanted to bring much needed Premier League experience.(7)(25)How are pompey doing nowadays mate coyr shhhWhy get jenus who is injury proan for 1 mill when we could gert hargreaves who is injury prone for freeWould be a good signing and it's possibleWhat a nonsense.If we want a prem experienced midfielder I'd go with Reo Coker over Jenas. A leader, commanding, will want prem football and perhaps a return south. Less injury prone than Jenas.Realistic target, heard the rumour to.Jenas if fit ?? would be a great signing reo coker has not got the same pedegree
as jenas give him a go i sayKeep hargreves fit and is good as anyone

02 Jun 2012 13:08:18
Owen hargreaves is willing to make a step down to the championship in order to play first team football. Bolton Leeds Peterborough and newly promoted Huddersfield are monitoring the situation(12)(12)Bolton cannot afford his wagesAs a Peterborough fan...this would be great but we could never afford his wages.....His Dad is from Bolton and then can afford his wages.Owen hargreaves could buy peterborough!!

02 Jun 2012 13:05:10
wilfried zaha of to west ham for 5 million and sam baldock go to palace on a season long loan COYI(9)(24)

02 Jun 2012 12:59:13
Derby county are looking at other
targets just in case

With good interest in Crystal palce duo
Alex Marrow and Keiran Cadogan.

Nigel has finally got a certian 20 goal
a season striker with Nicky Maynard
been allowed to leave Upton park
to lower the wage bill and he was told
when he asked that if he would get
first team football he was told that
that there would be rotation in the squad and no one unless they were playing amazing
would get a constant start.After the
last 5 games of the season Vaz te
and Carlton cole started together
and Maynard made 1 sub appearence
also Vaz te is interested in a move
back to portugal.with names such as
Bos dast and Josue knowing west ham
they will pull off some good signings
but because they already bought
alot im sure Gold will want to see
some return.

Derby Made an enquiry and west ham
have allowed him to speak to derby
But hes on holiday at the moment
so we wont get the inside to this intill
he gets back.But it all depends on
Whether he values the Prem Lifestyle
to Playing regulary.(7)(16)Bas Dost has already joined WolfsburgWhy would maynard go to derby but if he did it would be a great signingDerby have not got the money to buy maynardI would love maynard but i doubt we have to money for him, where was this rumour 'made up'?If this happened it would make my season but it wont his wage demands alone would put us out the race, just because glick has gone we aren't gonna start doing. These signingsWhy on earth would Maynard want to go to Derby - he turned down Leicester last year because he wants to play in the Premier League (and moved to West Ham in January becvause he thought they would be promoted)Think hes been released

02 Jun 2012 12:44:30
My cousin who lives in birmingham saw darius vassel last night in a club, and said he has been in contact over a possible move to swindon! Straight from the horses mouth.(7)(13)Great another injury prone non goal scoring strikerGreat signing! Bags of pace and bags of goals......... About 10 years ago! How about talking Kenny Dalglish into playing alongside him then having Bobby Charlton in the hole? Peter Shilton could still do a jobWas a bit injury prone by the sounds of it, but hes only 31 and could still do a good job at league 1 level. would need to accept a big drop in wages I would think though

02 Jun 2012 12:41:39
How true is this Gary Roberts Rumour about him signing for AFC Bournemouth?(5)(9)I really hope its true cracking player but dnt think it will happen.No truth, he wants to stay north and so is looking at sheffield united for now... but most of the interest in him is from the south from the more ambitious teams such as bournemouth and yeovil etc... but his wage demands are those of a championship player...Dont know how much truth it holds but it seems to be gathering pace (unlike roberts) good lg1 player!We can afford championship wages at afcbHe's heading north to Preston!Apparently he's going to sign for sheffield wednesday

02 Jun 2012 12:40:01
Free agent James McFadden interested in move to Middlesbrough, Mowbray looking for free agent striker/winger to boost this years promotion push. Although wages maybe an issue. Emmanuel Ledesma poised to sign for Boro this weekend after talks with 2 other Championship sides he finds the structure of the club is in place again for another attempt to get in the Premier League.(2)(6)Mcfadden going to wiganMcFadden has the choice of either Middlesbrough or Wigan

02 Jun 2012 12:33:24
Paul Lambert was a huge admirer of Jay Rodriguez at Norwich but did not have the funds to meet Burnley's asking pirce. Rodriguez has returned from holiday and talks have stalled with the Saints, expect the Scot to make a bid for the Burnley born front man sometime this coming week.(13)(20)He doesn't return until Tuesday next week you numb nut quit your dreaming and get out of lala land :L because talks with saints wont stop lol no1 will pay more than 7 million for him and besides thats most of his 20 million on one player :L so obv not! i can't wait for him to sign so all you people will quit thinking your getting himHe's gonna be a Saint. What a bummer eh? HahaVilla would be a better option for Jay, instead of going to a medium sized club like Southampton who are odds on favourates to be relegated... deluded saints buying everyone he he get real..Doubt lambert would spend his whole transfer budget on one playerVilla living in the past, Saints are the future and it will take more than Lambert to alter that.
After another 12 months you may start to see some progress at Villa, but Saints have the momentum and they will be out of your sight by then.Haha deluded Saints fans....I think your the deluded one mate with that post.No way, the potential Bennet shows he will be worth more in a few years.Why are people doubting the Saints, saying were favourites to be relegated? We have a great squad and hopefully will be bringing in a few quality players to add to that... Weren't the 3 promoted teams last season favourites to be relegated and none of them were! Villa battled relegation last season and probably will again without major investment, I would say we have a better chance of surviving this season over villa

02 Jun 2012 12:24:16
Tottenham have bid for Jack Butland of Birmingham.(12)(7)No they haven't again, the only team who has had any interest has been Southampton!Half the clubs in the prem will be making a bid...the other half cant afford him.If so, there goes another potential star down the drain

02 Jun 2012 12:12:33
Official: Paul Lambert is the new manager of Aston Villa(18)(15)Why are people pressing unbelievable when it is confirmed, eggitsHe will do well,and all villa underachievers willbe moving on.

02 Jun 2012 12:01:28
Leeds interested in kilgallon. Out of contract at the end of next season so O'Neil wants to cash in now

Source: Sunderland echo(15)(5)

02 Jun 2012 11:52:12
Fleetwood are in talks with former Walsall midfielder Richard Taundry and former Aberdeen defender Youl Mawene(7)(4)" FORMER walsall midfielder ?? " He is still there.Taundry has only been offered a verbal contract but can go to any club he wants so he not contracted to Walsall Fc as suchWalsall have no money and players are leaving in droves so could be spot onTaundry is rubbish they can have himTaundry is one of walsall`s best playersTaundry is one of Walsall's best players??? He most certainly is not!!!

02 Jun 2012 11:47:24
Reading might make a move for Keith Andrews as he has been released from west brom !

LOYAL ROYAL 1871(14)(3)Made an offer in January so wouldn't be a surprise
MrRfcThis is highly likely. Andrews was very close to signing for Reading in January until WBA came in. Brian McDermott is a big admirer.When big Eck gets the baggies job he will replace Andrews with Craig Gardner. TrustI heard the big Eck umour as well

02 Jun 2012 11:46:56
Palace News!
Looking to sell KG as he is now considered surplus and both Peterborough and Watford are interested.

Keiran Cadogan is either heading to Chesterfield or Rotherham for 150k.

Nat Clyne is certain to leave yet due to FIFA ruling any club wishing to sign him, although his contract ends, compensation will be in the region of 1.5-3m. Clubs interested are Aston Villa, Sunderland and big dogs Manchester Utd.

The club are expected to sell Lewis Price who is the subject of a 400k bid from Sheffield Utd. Likely cover is Ben Williams of Colchester or free agent MariÃ¡n Kello.

Anthony Gardner will sign a 1 year contract extension but Freedman wishes to sign another Centre Back. Currently shortlisted include St. Ledger and McPake

Jermaine Easter, Alex Marrow and Andy Dorman are all considering moves as Dougie has told them they are fringe players.

Players linked with include Zoko of Carlisle and Westcarr of Chesterfield(5)(6)Anthony Gardner had a medical at shef weds yesterday outcome not yet made public but def not staying at PalaceNo way Cadogan going to Rotherham he was a flop on loan, no way worth £150kRory Loy is better then Nahki Wells and Carlisle released Wells so why the hell would we have him back?If we millers pay 150k for cardigan.then we have got more money than senseI will personally drive Westcarr to Palace for you!Jermaine Easter may be going to Portsmouth

02 Jun 2012 11:39:45
Mariappa to reading should be done next week, unless late interest from others. fee been agreed for weeks
MrRfc(9)(8)He will have a medical when he returns from international duty
MrRfcSo what happened to the £2m that got rejected then (Confirmed on Sky Sports). Can't have been agreed for weeks surely?Sly spurts are miles behind on this a 2m bid was rejected but reading went back in. believed to be around 2.5m - been agreed for around 2 weeks
MrRfcSky Sports isn't confirmation, they have their sources and they aren't necessarily always correct. Don't treat everything Sky says like gospel.

02 Jun 2012 11:32:07
Paul Coutts to sign for Palace for 200k. Palace have also offered Coventry 300k to sign James McPake; solving their Centre Back worries(6)(9)Why wud pne sell coutts for 200k wen he is worth 700k at leastPalace will need more than 200k to sign CouttsPeterborough have offered 700k, no way are palace going to get him for 200kIf palace want mc pake ill drive him there myself, oh and we only want 100,000 off hibs for the injury prone donkey.No offers have been made for Coutts. He's 100% left PNE as his house in Leyland is back up for rent and he's back in Aberdeen. Coutts signed for an undisclosed fee (Thought to be around £150k) and it would take a bid of around £250k for him to go.Mcpake is a decent defender and £300k is a far more realistic figure than the very low valuation of £100k that SISU (Cov's owners) have placed on him! Most Cov fans hope that we do not sell him, but if they (SISU) do then I hope that this valuation is correct!

SOURCE: saintsnews.com(15)(13)If that means £1m for the pair, they had better think again.They may have but they will only get Barnard as Puncheon is included in the Saints bid of £2 million plus him for Tom Ince from Blackpool! dear oh dear people and their rumours think before you make one

02 Jun 2012 11:28:44
West Brom have offered 800k to Palace for Argentinian keeper Speroni. Easily best keeper in the Championship(16)(9)Would have agreed with you 2 years ago
but now i would go for the lad at barnsley"Easily best keeper in the Championship"

not last season he wasn't as for this season that remains to be seen.Luke Steele? Barnsley keeper is very poor.Julian Speroni is by far the best goalkeeper outside the Premiership

02 Jun 2012 11:25:33
Plymouth Argyle are signing Pablo Mills , Byron Anthony , Juvhel Tsoumou , Ashley Hemmings and Izale McLeod in the next 2 months(9)(16)PAFC don't have the funds for all of these and our squad will not be increased beyond our means, Brent won't allow that.Most of them are free agents so we could fit them inThe funds probably are available - Now that Damien Johnson's 6k p/w is off the wage bill although I'm sure James Brent will want to be sensible with signings.

02 Jun 2012 11:17:29
League one side Walsall are chasing released Colchester midfielder Martin Rowlands, Rowlands played 9 games scoring twice for the U's after joining from QPR in January but has been released after his short contract due to suffering from Injuries while at the U'S(2)(2)

02 Jun 2012 11:09:11
West Ham to make a second bid for Grant Holt.

190298(12)(5)Holt off to sunderland as he wants to be nearer his family who live in carlisle, also lambert wants him to go to villa with him4.5m bid rejected. not worth any more.If anyone is listening, Holt ain't going anywhere unless Norwich allow him to leave since he still has 2+ years left on his current contract, if they do let him leave then it will only be when someone offers a stupid price for a 31 year old who lets face it, has had one good season in premiership (no guarantee he can produce that form next year).
I think Norwich will turn down anything under £5M even though he wants to leave apparently, there is no financial reason to let him go, so any move will be motivated by the amount of money offered, IE its not Holt who will choose destination, its Norwich City, unless of course two clubs offer the same amount.Didnt know we made a first

02 Jun 2012 11:06:02
Any Huddersfield rumours(12)(12)

02 Jun 2012 10:56:28
who are the transfer targets for liverpool this summer(6)(16)

02 Jun 2012 10:53:57
Gylfi will sign for the swans !(18)(31)Nothing has been signed and cant be signed untill 2 weeks before the window
opens.With most of the swansea team
targets for teams such as Sinclair,Williams,dyer,Vorm and Allen.I doubt he would want to join that team especially with teams in euro such as newcastle and Liverpool are interestedSwansea have agreed a deal with his club for 6.2 million, according to sky sports news

02 Jun 2012 10:47:55
Gary Roberts is believed to become the latest signing in the cherries squad which is pushing for promotion next season.(8)(11)Hes signing for shefield wednesday so more rubbishRoberts agreed terms at Sheffield we'd yesterdayTotal rubbish you couldn't afford his wages it's a well known fact Roberts is in talks with sheff wednesday- tranmere fan

02 Jun 2012 10:45:56
Gary Roberts now being heavily linked to a move down south since being released by Huddersfield.(8)(11)Sheff weds still showing interest..So happy we let him go, championship wages league 2 quality

02 Jun 2012 10:44:00
Bournemouth set to sign Gary Roberts?

The talented winger has been linked to the team his Huddersfield knocked out of the play off semi-final a year ago. It's thought that he will replace Pugh should he not sign a contract.(10)(9)If its true you have a great player,i am amazed we didnt re sign him.A real powerhouse of a player.You might think he was a power house but i think we're better without himAgreed terms with sheff wed so no chance. Doesn't want to move house so signing for a team 15 miles away suits. 2 yr contract with option of a thirdHe's not that good i knew grayson would release he does have good games but not that fast and other lg1 players have a better final ball than roberts, still tho not bad for the cherries who will be there or there abouts next season!I have to disagree with the final ball comment. He puts in some brilliant crosses. He just wasn't performing this season. He only has himself to blame for not signing at the beginning of the season. He will still have some good games in the championship but not as many. He would be a great signing for any league 1 teamRoberts is too slow to be a winger, good feet but very slow

02 Jun 2012 10:42:19
West Ham Utd has a look at real madrid Jesalu, B side heres hoping we get a scorer that nets 15 or more with cole and Vaz Te and maybe Yakubu we might get to between 10-14 position love my hammers(10)(8)May challenge QPR for 17thDont thinkso mate west ham 10th , qpr 15th we have to good of a manager and players to be that low Just watch those Hammers hammer those other sides CARN THE HAMMERSDidn't west ham fans once say before in the Prem they were to good to go down. News for you about your manager he aint that good long ball team mate.Get some glasses or your looking at the wrong side we r not a long ball side have a good look were a great side

02 Jun 2012 10:40:08
I've heard that Darius Vassell may either go to MK Dons, who need a striker and have Ian Wright, who will attract new strikers who want to work with him, or to PNE, who are going through a squad overhaul currently. Or he will go for one final PayDay abroad. {Ed001's Note - do you really think Vassell will risk playing abroad again after last time? If you don't know what I am on about, try googling his blog, it makes for interesting reading.}(4)(7)Apparently he is close to signing for port vale!People do strange things for money...Surely not that strange...

02 Jun 2012 10:37:35
Southampton's exclusivity period for the signing of Jay Rodriguez has passed without a deal being struck. This now means that other clubs can bid for the lad.

Jay has stated that he would like to have the chance to consider his options before making such a life-changing decision but Southampton are still favourites to land his signature.(11)(10)Where did you hear this? As I understand it, J-Rod had been out of the country on his Holidays, while his agent has been handling negotiations.the bid was accepted and we haven't even had a chance to talk over personal terms because he is on holiday! you must be an absolute person to think that he would turn down a club which in the premier league got a rich owner, we are sensible with our money an we would only be paying out this much if we didn't believe that he was going to be a future great. there is no deadline and there has been no talk of a deadline if there was someone would have put it on sky sports or bbc sports website this is just a jealous supporter of another team who wishes they could have signed him so don't put stupid comments on here when you have know idea what your talking about, also Southampton are not new to the premier league we were their for 27 years and only got relagated under Harry Red, our owner was st at the time and invested money we didn't have at the time, we have had some of the best players play for us Alan S, Matt Le Tissier and more we just had some bad luck in the past and now we are back there with more money and a better owner which investing in the clubs future and wants to get us into the top six so we can have European football at some point in the future, dont say it wont happen because we have the money todo it and we have the manager to take us their, just face the facts that Southampton are a club players will want to join because of our ambitions, Look at Tadanari Lee had big clubs interested from the premier league but joined Southampton because he saw that we have ambitions to be a top six team and joined us. dont say hes st by one game because i know for a fact that 5 times in the premier league were interested in the him with clubs such as, Norwich, West Brom and others all looking at him and getting ready for a bid, As a team we have made some shock buys even in league 1 and the championship that made the world look twice at us. Face the facts Southampton have the money the ambitions and the manager to be a big club, look at what Harry Red said about Nigel Adkins, he said that in years to come Nigel Adkins would be the man to manage England but only when he has had more experience and is a bit older, this just show that we have a very good manager there were teams trying to get him but he turned them down saying i plan on staying at Southampton for a very long time. i hope this actually stops all you stupid fans that thik Southampton arnt a big team, we are the 6th richest club in europe not going y rev, going by money! we are going to prove all of you wrong and i cant wait for next season were we prove what we have and what we are capable of doing as a team and a club!I think some spotty 12 year old pretending to be an agent on Twitter posted this and gullible people like yourself have actually fallen for it. Oh dear..And breath.How could you have an exclusivity period that starts and ends whilst the player is away on holiday.
There are some people out there who don't think about what they are posting........and breatheExpect Paul Lambert to get him to VillaNo they are notNot going by revenue going by money? I'm guessing you mean money belonging to your owners? Your owner already wrote off huge debts, I dont think he will be throwing money left and right. Top 6 maybe an ambition but even when you had the likes of Le Tis and Shearer what was the highest you finished?You are not a cash rich club, your owners are...it is two different things entirely. Yes, you used to be in the Premiership but things have changed so much since then. You will never be a top six side, Man City, Man Utd, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham, Liverpool, Everton, Newcastle are all bigger than you, add in Aston Villa to that too. You certainly have delusions of grandeur.We finished runner up to Liverpool in the 80's. lost the league on goal difference.

Long time ago...

but a club with ambitions. Saints are going to surprise quite a few people in the next 5 yrs.Looks like a Pompey Skate has been on wikipedia looking at Saints history. As a Saints fan i dont care who we sign, i am sure NC and NA will do rifht for the club. Pompey fans concentrate on your own club you have far bigger problems then to worry about Saints.

I just read that all your players, (all 11 of them) can leave for free with 14 days notice because your club breached there contract. If that happends surely that will be it for you.It's ambition you person anything can happen look at newcastle and tottenham the latter was near the bottom of the prem before there turn around it Might not happen but with the right set up it could happen its forever evolving.Highest finish in top flight 2nd. Apart from Man City having loads more money, what has changed since we were last in the Prem? Looks like the same list of clubs to me. The ambition of our chief exec and wealthy owners is not a crime but i suppose ignorance and snobbery isn't either! Nearly swapped places with Villa last season.No Paul lambert will not get himOmg the money paid off was out of Markus Liebherr paid that debt off through his ow money and he is a billionaire so you must. the money he had he wanted invested in the club but want his son to use it wisely so we can be a big club in the years to come, also anyone can be top 6 with the right ambitions for the clubMy god, some Saints fans are embarrassing. We've not even been back for 2 months yet and you're expecting us to be mixing it with the big boys financially? We went down because we spent ridiculous amounts of money, we won't be doing it again. Players will come in for the right price, the money is there, but it won't be chucked about.Why do people argue about how "big" a club is? its nonsense , revenue based on gate receipts are no longer an effective measure. Ambition and he ability to maintain ambition might be (if you could measure it!)We didn't go down because we spent ridiculous amounts of money. WGS left because Lowe refused to sanction the transfers of Saha and Malbranque. Lowe then fudged it by not supporting Sturrock when the players revolted, hiring Wigley when out of his depth and, finally, not backing Redknapp enough in the January window. None of those scenarios occured because we overspent.

02 Jun 2012 10:36:28
joe mattock to sign at the start of next week(source daily mirror)(3)(8)Wow, great signing BUT FOR WHO?
we aint all psychicBrighton & Hove Albion I believePortsmouthThe bloke is a twt... several run ins with him... joey bartonesque.. but without talent. good luck

02 Jun 2012 10:31:24
Ben Strevens will sign for Oxford United next week(8)(2)No he wont...

Out
Dan Seabourne
Ryan Dickson
Tommy Forecast
Jason Puncheon
Jonathon Forte
Lee Barnard(9)(20)Saints are goin down newayzLeeds or Palace will sign the outsNo we ain't, we have the quality to stay in the premierI refuse to argue my point against someone who uses the word newayzCameron is predominently a Centre BackNot a bad shout as rumours go. The outs are about right, i thought Forecast had already gone.
As for the ins ince is the only one i am not to sure about, i think other clubs will be in for him as well.I see the intelligent fans are on today.."Saints are goin down newayz"....Dear godInce = no chance unless you slap 5 million on the counter - dream on.Im assuming that the guy who said saints are going down newayz is a skate bloody hell they love coming on to our page and writing a comment not realising how much of a bad situation they are in they still feel that they can take the mick out of teams who are in a higher league than themI smell fishPompey ins:
NONE

pompey outs:
EVERY PLAYER

02 Jun 2012 10:23:22
Joe mattock is on the brink of signing for Brighton(8)(7)Hes already been offered a better contract by derby after Paul dixons contract demands were to high and Mattocks were only half of that so they can him better Loyalty bonus to attract him with first team football and gareth roberts for cover and cup gamesQuality Left BackHe will go to Brighton as a) they have more funds than derby and b) he has links with Brighton as he spent last season on loanAnd I take it you what both clubs are offering him do you, you must be a very well trusted member of the football community!Mattock. Will join crawleyHaha Crawley! Lol

02 Jun 2012 10:20:15
Peterborough United midfielder George Boyd to Burnley £500k + Keith Treacy(5)(8)Hope so George Boyd will do well at burnley

02 Jun 2012 10:18:50
Peterborough winger George Boyd is set to join Burnley for £2m(10)(8)

02 Jun 2012 10:17:55
Hull City striker Aaron Mclean is set to join Brighton for a fee believed to be £2m(4)(12)After the stupid money they paid for CMS I really don't think they'd want McLean too!
Both are good players, they just can't cut it in the championshipAfter his performances for Hull he is hardly going to have appreciated in value - with just a year to go on his contract he will go for about half of the £1m that Hull paid for him

02 Jun 2012 10:15:36
Craig Mackail-Smith is set to join Reading from Brightom for £2.5m.(8)(22)No better than what we already have, its just not going to happen.He has already proved he isn't good enough for the Championship, never mind the PL!That would be a rubbish buy for rzzzzzzzzzzzzNo thanks

02 Jun 2012 10:13:53
Aston Villa have made a £6m bid for Norwich defender Ryan Bennett. Bennett was only signed from Peterborough in January, but Paul Lambert sees Bennett as the ideal signing for Villa.(6)(21)6m seems a bit overpriced, i know hes young with time to develop but he is not worth 6m.

From a norwich fanWouldn't happen. Shown great star potential at Norwich, wouldn't let him go, especially not so soonDont believe you its liesNorwich would have made a nice profit on him

02 Jun 2012 10:11:00
Everton, Reading & West Brom have all had £2.5m bids accepted for Peterborough United striker Paul Taylor.(4)(12)Only cus the club shop have a load of old shirts left with no9 Taylor onIt was reported near to the close of the season that Paul Taylor wanted a move nearer to his home so it would make sense for him to go to Everton or Wigan as he comes from that area but I think that Reading or Fulham are not where he wants to be based. West Brom could be a possibility if it is close enough for him.

Nouble has agreed to a trial with derby
and Michael Jacobs is Nigel Cloughs no1 target and i massively doubt he would snub them for you.If you think you are going to sign Wordsworth for 600K you are dreaming, stop smoking the wacky tobacky.We are not favourites for relegion thats Barnsley. We are second favourites get your facts rightThe twassock above me has no clue, fed up with people saying we have no money, we've got plenty, and a chairman that's willing to spend this summer, so if we want these players, we'll get them.All un true. Martin will cos money nouble is at west ham and another peterbough have no money lolWe don't have a lot of money available, but do have some, and nobody who comes on here knows how much.Wot ! Posh av no money you no nothing.Plenty in the pot .YOU dummies who say we aint got money, you will be surprised we who we av already signed.Keeping it to ourselves you numpties.Some of these will DEFINATELY happen....not all though.Where on earth do people get the impression from that Posh have no money,
I suppose that ignorance is bliss for some.We are one of the most financialy stable clubs in the championship, (Peterborough) so get your facts rightYou can have Holt and we will pay you 4-8 million.....just one condition, you keep Heskey.First Nouble has not agreed toi a trial @ Derby & Second 600K for Wordsworth might just cover the depositWhy wouldn't you continue with the policy, you guys have had so much success signing lower league players. As a Norwich fan I've seen first hand how Ryan Bennett is, and you got him from bottom of league 2 Grimsby. It's great to see you guys doing so well, and smashing the tractor 7-1 last season.

02 Jun 2012 10:05:01
Grant Holt to Villa for about 4-8mil Heskey to norwich on free(7)(21)Holts agent stated yesterday that if he were to leave Norwich Villa would not be an option. nice try though8 mill i will drive him there myself get realClose but got your numbers wrong.

Lambert expected to go for Holt and Norwich will accept £2M due to the clubs poor finances.

Heskey is at Carrow Road for talks, as we know Holt will leave.Needs to be £20m if we have to take HeskeyNo players are here having talks..because we have no manager! Never going to get £8m for Holt, I think it'll end up being nearer £4-5m... As for Heskey...if our next manager signs him up then he won't be around long!Not going to get 8 mil for holt but will be more than 2 mil

and if heskey joins norwich i will go and shoot the person whos idea it was to get himNorwich would be better re-signing Wilbraham than taking Heskey.

02 Jun 2012 10:01:02
Yeovil and Rotherham are both looking at torquays itish under 21 midfielder eunan o'kane(4)(8)As well as swindon
DevonGreenRotherham have comfirmed they have not bided for okane

02 Jun 2012 09:57:04
Oxford have accepted a 180k bid + chris zebroski, from Bristol Rovers. Bristol are also interested in midfielder Ross Draper, and bondz n'gala. it is also reported Bristol have taken a 17year old striker on trail from polish division two side LSK Lodz, the young bosnian, Michal Kaczmarz, has impressed during his first professional season in football, scoring 19 goals in 24 league games. However Kaczmarz is only one year into a five year contract, and is also attracting interest from a number of lower league English and German clubs, therefore would cost in the region of 150 - 300k.(4)(8)I hope not. Dont mind if James Constable leaves us - think a good move for all concerned but no thank you to Zabroski....we can do much betterAccepted that for who ?Please please please take bondz ngala
DevonGreenCan categorically say the Polish striker rumour is not true, however there is a young bulgarian striker in talks with Rovers. Was on trial at Aberdeen when McGhee was manager.

Also, Carayol set to sign for Watford £600k plus add ons. Striker Gavin Massey and full back Adam Thompson set to join on season long loan.

Aidan Downes set to sign on 6 month deal to prove fitness.

02 Jun 2012 09:41:51
James bailey to palace(10)(5)I hope you have 600k thats what west brom offered.Your getting a good young player good luck to you

02 Jun 2012 09:41:38
Southampton are planning a £3m move for Jack Butland, the 19-year old Birmingham keeper according to the Daily Mirror..(17)(8)Like this to be true,reckon he'd be a great addition to our squad.Aah yes, that beacon of factual reporting that is the Daily Mirror!! It is a tabloid newspaper and as such as no journalistic credibility, it treats the news secondary behind celebrities and gossip.Im pretty sure rodrigez was in a tabloid? research before you make your points

02 Jun 2012 09:32:06
Andrew Johnson set for Palace return, he'll become Palace's highest earner on a dropped wage of around 20k per week, source has said the Palace owner's are hoping for an increase in season ticket sales when they announce the signing on Friday, you heard it here first, good luck AJ and thank you for a great service, FFCM.(9)(19)Haha no chance!Good Luck AJ

02 Jun 2012 09:26:45
Very Unlikely but,
Daily Mirror: Southampton enquire about a £3M raid for Birmingham starlet Jack Butland(16)(10)This is ridiculous. no person can truthfully say they had heard of him a week ago.Southampton will be enquiring about every player wil a touch of quality because there desperate and need players dont mean they will get any1 since there bottom of the prem ship pile in pecking orderSaints desperate? Bottom of the pile? Pompey fan are we?Just because you haven't heard of him doesn't mean that no one has. Thanks to football manager I, and others have known about him for a while now.It says in the mail we just inquiredJust because you hadnt heard of him until a week ago, doesnt mean all of us were the same!
SOME football fans know about players even in the lower leagues.He would be a great signing saints r 1 of the best for bringing players through the ranks Matt le tiss gareath bale theo walcott etcThis could happen but on loan for the seasonIf this happens it wouldnt be a loan. Would be a perm transfer

02 Jun 2012 09:25:25
Paul Lambert to be confirmed our new
manager on weds.
Got to pay 1.5m compensation, lerner
doesnt want to pay but hey if u want
something u pay.
Dont mess around lerner and lose out,
norwich can block the deal, he still has
a contract to honour(12)(4)Thats a good deal for villa liverpool paid out 7 million1.5 million alone, the milestone was set with Swansea's 7 millionJust been announced on SSNLambert is on a one year rolling contract, Rodgers had 3 years left on his at least. people talking out of where the sun don't shine. and this post shows how reliable it all is, as lambert was confirmed today.

02 Jun 2012 09:24:32
West Ham latest transfer rumours: Yakubu is likely to join for a fee of 1.2m, he is expected to agree personal terms and pass a medical by next week. Been a lot of rumours about Wilfried Zaha becoming a west ham player within the next two weeks and they have offered 5m+Baldock+Spence for the promising young talent. Kieran Richardson is going to join for a fee of 4m, and that will also be announced in the next two weeks. If this Richardson deal falls through, they shall go for Blackburn full-back Martin Olsson but the hammers have competion from Chelsea. Been rumours that they want some free transfers aswell like Pogrebnyak, Kalou, Saha and Owen. But who shall be leaving West Ham? John Carew, Abdoulaye Faye, Papa Bouba Diop, Frank Nouble, Julien Faubert and Oliver Lee have all been released. Been loads of rumours that Rob Green has rejected a new-contract. This is all lies because he will reveal his future after the Euros! If he does reject a new contract, his has been strongly linked with QPR so that means West Ham will need a new keeper, but Big Sam has said Stephen Henderson will start as number 1 goalkeeper if Green does leave. Baldock has been linked with loads of championship clubs like Ipswich, Palace, Millwall but in my opinion, he will be to Palace because I can see the Zaha deal happening.(10)(14)Rumours in north is that richardson and mcartney will sign and also whu look like signing kenwyne jones from stokePogrebnyak and Kalou have much better offers already - the other dross is possible.

02 Jun 2012 09:10:55
Malky MacKay won't go to Norwich if he does there will be no money as Malky's contract release is around £4million, therefore any deal after that would bust the bank of Norwich City.
Despite being linked with Norwich Malky's men still looking for transfers at Cardiff.
James McFadden free.
Ricardo Fuller free.
Liam Lawrence £500k.
Andy Halliday is also wanted but Middlesborough haven't released a price tag on him yet.
If they can't get Halliday they will go for Jim O'Brien from Barnsley for around £750k.
Also don't rule out a return for Craig Bellamy.(11)(10)Norwich will get their number 1 Manager target to replace Lambert. Mark my words! And 4 million is not going to break the bank. We have already been told that we have an extra 10 million on what we spent last season on transfers! So could be as much as 25 million. The funny thing is Lambert will only have between 10-15 million at Villa. And believe me, they need a lot more than that to turn things around. So IF we wanted Malky, we would get him, but he isn't our number 1 target.Why would Villa have to pay less to get Lambert (who is under contract and has proven premiership credentials) than Norwich would for Manky who has a track record of personal advancement over club loyalty!As a norwich fan who ever the clown is two comments above what are you on about you know more than Steven fry. We won't pay four mil for mackay who would be an awful choice. Bring in Ian holloway. As for Lambert getting 20 mil at villa its more than we can affordLambert was on a rolling one year contract so any compensation would be small. Mackay signed a contract in February until 2016 so Norwich would have to buy out his contract. Relative position in the football leagues has nothing to do with it...I agree with all of thatDown side of giving s manager such long dr is if cardiff faol to me prem un nx couple years it will cost lot to get rid of who ever is in chargeAs a cardiff fan I think that Norwich will target ether lee clark or steve bruce as nether require compensation and would thus have more budget to help norwich survive because of malkeys release clauseTo the second comment with all due respects norwich can't pick and choose manager you are not a big enough club also no club says they have no money do theyJim O'Brien as agreed to sign a new contract at barnsley yesterday (saturday) everythings been agreed its a done deal

02 Jun 2012 09:06:24
Holt to conclude a £2 million move to Villa from Norwich by the end of next week(4)(25)Will be more then 2. Will be like 4-5ish look how important he has been to norwich for the past three seasons.

Realistic Villa FanNorwich have rejected £4.5m from West Ham. They will not sell for a measly £2m.He's not for sale only at 6m+Without a manager at Villa, no players will be signing.You dont pay 2million for a player that scored 17 goals last season!We have a manager6m for a 31yr old? no chance

02 Jun 2012 09:02:34
West Ham have had a 3million-pound bid rejected from Norwich for Grant Holt. Norwich say, ' If you want him, double the bid '.(8)(11)He would never go to a small club like west hamHolt is a legend at Norwich, if he leaves the club that loves him and is not with the manager that has brought the best out of him I feel he may fall flat on his face, the phrase BIG fish little pond springs to mind......who had heard of Grant Holt two years ago

02 Jun 2012 08:53:37
Ipswich have agreed a 750k deal with watford for scott loach(12)(4)Keep dreaming Ipswich
It'll be around 1.5-2 mil for ScottySounds like a good deal for Ipswich. But I can't see Watford letting him go for that sort of money without another keeper coming in.Good one! watford won't sell below 1.5mWhy say stuff that ain't true there interested in loach no bid yet and nothings been agreed and 750,000 more like 2.5 millionIf Watford are successful in loaning Ben Amos from Man Utd for the season, Scott Loach will leave for Ipswich in a deal worth £1m plus add - onsI can't see Loach going for any more than £1M, £750k is a fair price for both parties

02 Jun 2012 08:33:12
Reading are looking into the signing of Mamadou Diallo, a Mali international player. He now plays for CS Sedan. Fee of about 3.2 million.(7)(8)He'd be a good signing for them. He's marginally better than Heskey at any rate.

02 Jun 2012 08:05:17
Saints have announced their pre-season round robin tournament to feature the Gunners and Rangers – The line up for this memorial competition to honour the great Markus Liebherr is a fantastic appetizer to the new season, and what Saints fans deserve…….as a bonus the Olympic torch will also be there just to round things off……onward and upward…..COYRs(12)(1)Rangers must be walking down if they are still here.

02 Jun 2012 07:57:26
Bale and Modric going to man u plus utd paying 15m with swaps for Berbatov and Nani.. U herd it first(14)(36)U r joking berbatov is worth 6-10 mil nani is worth 13-20 mil bale 50 mil and modric milUtter nonsenseNow that is funnyBale is worth about £25million tops, modric about £30million if your lucky. Nani about 20-25million and Berbatov about 4million so therefore it would have to be these two plus 25-30million for any bid to be considered.Price are all wrong but would not be surprised if Bale didn't end up at utd. Perfect replacement for Giggs.

02 Jun 2012 07:47:59
Millwall midfielder Liam Trotter has been linked with West Ham and Brighton.(12)(11)

02 Jun 2012 07:14:38
Notts County manager Keith Curle will raid his old club and bring in Fitz Hall and Radek Cerny , and also Alex Bruce all to strengthen the defence for next season. Notts will also bring in Michel Symes, Daniel Bogdanovic, Gary Liddle, Lloyd Sam, Jackson Ramm and Lionel Ainsworth.(5)(11)I actually can see that happeningBy all accounts fitz Hall has agreed terms with leicester on a two year deal.

02 Jun 2012 06:38:45
Millwall's Liam Trotter is wanted by West Ham, striker Sam Baldock could move in the opposite direction.(3)(19)Liam Trotter WILL NOT go to the SPAMMERS! And YOU can KEEP Baldock! COYLWe want good players from good clubs thank u but no thank uWhy would we want baldock he's done nothing for west ham and most of the time he's injuredMillwall expect Trotter to sign a contract extension shortly. UTW

02 Jun 2012 02:30:17
West Ham have made a formal bid of £5 million + Baldock on a season long loan to Crystal Palace for Wilfried Zaha. Crystal Palace are yet to respond. Kenwyne Jones, Kieron Richardson and George McCartney are all signings which will be confirmed within the next two weeks.(11)(9)I dont see it being accepted. why would he go to west ham? he plays on the floor.

02 Jun 2012 01:34:27
AFC BOURNEMOUTH CONFIRMED TRANSFERS

Josh McQuoid from Millwall for 750k plus Scott Malone
Lewis Grabban from Rotherham for 300k
Jamal Bajandouh form Winchester City for free(17)(3)Could be wrong but didnt millwall pay bournemouth 750k plus mcquoid. not other way round?Yes that's right, Millwall paid 750k + mcquoid! Great business for Bournemouth, we sold them mcquoid last year for 750k and signed Malone on a free so you could say Millwall have given us 1.5mil for nothing. Malone (although a very good player) was more of a fringe player towards the back end of season anywayWe bought Mcquoid for 500k and you bought malone for 150k so you obviously know what your talking aboutAnd it was 500k + McquoidIt's actually a straight swop with no money involved....confirmed by board membersIt doesn't really matter, Malone was a squad player for Bournemouth (although a very good player) and mcquoid was a squad player for milwall (although a very good player) but both now could prove very important players for respective first teams so good deal all round. Now if we could just take Liam back off your hands that would be greatFee for Malone was revealed as player plus cash believed to be in the region of £750k. That means the cash involved (if any) was £750k minus whatever Millwall's valuation of McQuoid is.Why did we sell scott he was a great player

02 Jun 2012 01:30:01
So Liverpool have a 60 million limit on this years transfer budget unless they sell so I think they will
SELL
Kuyt
Skrtel(really dont like this but he apparently wants to leave and theirs no point keeping an unhappy player)
Maxi
Thats all I can really see us selling can see us selling cause of the massive loss we would make on last years signings
We need to
BUY
A centre back
A left back a left winger
1 or maybe even 2 right wingers so wel have a backup
And a clinical finisher
I wanna hear who you think we will sign and be realistic (eg non starting champions league footballers)
I honestly dont really know but eager to see your opinions(3)(20)Gary hooper is a clinical finisherDarren Bent clinical finisherIf Rogers gets the job I would like to see him take either Dyer or Sinclair with him!All Liverpool can play for next season is a top 6 finish. That would be a good season for them.Your Budget will be closer to 20 million pounds plus sales. You can thank Kenny and all the money he blew on downing and co. No way will it be 60 {Ed001's Note - there is no budget, each signing is assessed on a case by case basis. Any talk otherwise is fantasy.}Scousers likes to dreamRyan shawcross is a great centre half wud be a awesome signingHaha 60million? thats why liverpool have said brendan will have 25 million lus players sales whih will be around 12 million? and he cant buy any swansea players for 12 months so dream on people {Ed001's Note - Liverpool have not put a figure on the amount available.}As the eds have there will not be a figure i believe they will spend within their means and i believe they could afford more than 60 million if they wanted to as i think their richer than what people thinkHeard the figure for transfers was more 30-35 million plus anything from sales.

02 Jun 2012 01:14:39
celtic will either sign one of the following

yakubu
saha
rhodes
carew(8)(20)They will sign Carew because he's st, just like the Scottish leagueDefinitely Carew. Celtic scraping the championship rejects barrel for their annual champions league farcical embarassment.Wee Club Syndrome ^^Yakubu and Rhodes would be the only two who would interest Celtic, the other two couldn't hit a barn door from two feet, and 3 out of the 4 played in the supposedly superior premiership last season.I love the english fans, just delusional. I was at Celtic Park when we beat Man Utd, Liverpool and Blackburn oh and when we beat Barcelona, AC Milan, Juventus etc

the list goes on. the only English side to give us a true doing was Arsenal and we had Mowbray that season in which St Mirren even beat us 4-0 lol so nothing to be proud about there.

Celtic more often than not have beat english sides even back to the 70's when Leeds were going to "hammer us" and we hammered them. my grandad and dad have heard the same arrogance from england fans from years and saw celtic shut you up also and so hav iWell said mate, they can only criticise the league, they forget how much money the english teams have and celtic would still hammer most of then YNWAMate totally agree with you but it always will be there from the commentators to the fans totally ignorant! That is why they are the most hated international team in the worldTrue buddy haha even on rte an irish broadcaster, they still lick the english teams ball. when celtic were playin united in the cl, the main presentor(bill o herlihy), said at half time will celtic win or will WE win hahah

02 Jun 2012 01:03:36
Kenneth C Griffin, is thought to be the man behind the chicago based outfit rumoured to be interested in leeds.

He is the founder and CEO of citadel 1 of the worlds largest hedge fund investment firms, and has a personal wealth thought to be in the region of $2.3-$2.5 billion.

At the end of 2011 he was the 512th richest person in the world!

This is the rumour i have heard from relatives who live in the states and a friend who has just recently come back (3 days ago)from the states and stopped off in chicago (for 1 night) on his way back home.

tommo. MOT(9)(11)

02 Jun 2012 00:38:52
Preston north end have snapped up stephen Darby on free transfer from liverpool.this will be announced soon.

Also rumours about gary roberts is total nonsense he has signed for sheffield wednesday.(13)(12)Amidst some of the garbage being posted Darby seems a good shout,particularly as we need a right back....

02 Jun 2012 00:30:04
Looks like Micheal Landrup has moved near the front of the queue as Huw Jenkins feels his reputation, philosophy as well as his contacts would suit Swansea however it is believed that Greame Jones is Huw Jenkins favoured choice due to past relationships and he believes the former assistant is a very decent person and would be able to have a close relationship which Huw believes to be one of the three main attributes to a Swansea manager, alongside philosophy and tactical knowledge.(7)(5)Apparently graham has rejected the the offer as he wanted to bring people with him but huw jenkins wouldnt pay the compensaation for them?Local press say Jones now out of the picture.Good that jones is out wee need a manager not a turncourt

02 Jun 2012 00:14:00
Preston to sign Ricardo Fuller on a free
after recently being released by stoke.
Also it is believed Preston are in the
running to sign Michael Owen(5)(49)Aww you made me spill my tea :(Fuller has been asking stupid wages allegedly and can't really see PNE affording him.I said fuller would come back like a month agoPlaying for Jamaica tonight before anyone claims to have spotted him at Deepdale :-)Absolute garbage. completely untrue.Yes he 'has'... Minor confirmation if you Wikipedia him... My sources are proper sources... Congrats PNE (Terrier)I have been told that Owen will sign for PNE as a favour to Trevor Hemmings and eventualy buy the club off him.

Ricardo Fuller would fit right in at Deepdale and we could well afford his wages as Hemmings is giving us £5m - £10m to buy new players.

Have also been told by a friend who works at Deepdale that there are another 8 players comming in but they wont be announced because their clubs dont want the fans to know their losing their best and brightest players.

Newcastle, Liverpool & Chelsea have also told Westley that he can have the pick of their youth teams on loan next season to develop their playing skills as he did such a good job at StevenageGo back to playin footy Manager, cos thats only way any of this would be possible.

I havent laughed so hard in a long time. Owen wants to stay in the Prem and PNE couldnt afford either wages.You won't be able to afford the wages. Fuller was released because Stoke wanted to lower his wages and he refused and Michael Owen will be getting a mint at Man U. More importantly, Owen has stated many times that he wants to play TOP FLIGHT football. Sorry PNE.Hahahhaha---go outside and get some much needed fresh air..and im a preston fan and thats the best i heard yet!Ha ha, is it April 1st? Fuller and Owen?
Not a cat in hells chance. From a realistic PNE fan.As a pne fan i know this fuller owen rumour is utter tripe .yes pne have a lot of money to spend but it wont be on these two ,championship strikers more like itPNE are signing lower league players who are available on Bosmans and frees....not Fee'sTrue for fuller but it will be his last season before retiring!Owen to PNE. aahahahah. Oh dear I've just pee'd a bit.Your all forgetting how rich preston are.. i am not a fan of them but they have one of the richest owners in tthe football leagues. owen owes horses so does hemmings so dnt rule it out

02 Jun 2012 00:13:54
Gillingham to speak to Danny Murphy about the possibility of a player/manager role.(3)(29)

02 Jun 2012 00:13:21
Norwich will not sell Holt to Villa as they still unhappy about Lambert. As Holt has handed in a transfer request he could be on his way to Everton or Southampton for 3m+(4)(26)Holt will leave for a newly promoted team, West Brom, Sunderland or Everton for less than £4m, so this could be trueSouthampton are planning a £3m move for Jack Butland the Birmingham keeper according to the Daily MirrorNot sure why Southampton would want Holt with Rickie Lambert already at the club who is technically superior to Grant.He's not for sale. Norwich will only accept 6m+We've got lambert, lee, sharp and possibly Rodriquez all of whom are better than Fat Boy Holt will ever be. Most over-rated player in the division. 15 goals in a season-Whoopie!OMG LMFAO, Holt is only worth 2-4 million taking in his age 3 million so dont get your hopes up Norwich, Grant Holt is good but is not worth more than Yakubu who is being sold for 2 million and hes been in the premier league longer and scored more goals so why is Holt worth more? Stop dreaming, even if you do get around 4-5 million for him the club that buys him are stupid! he should of not been an person in trying to leave Norwich they made him15 goals in the prem for a fat donkey.is not to bad. Better than Lambert who is still yet to prove.himself at the highest level. FOOLHow is Everton (or Sunderland for that matter) a newly promoted team?? Lets be honest, he could go to any EPL club except the top 6-7 because he's quite cheap for a couple of seasons of 10+ goalsHolt to Southampton? I needed a laugh. Thanks for that one.Haha ok i think we'll talk again after lambert scores 15 in 1 premiership season which will happen... NEVER!Lambert has outscored Holt in every division in the football league. Hopefully we'll see the same next seasonRight for all you who really think Holt is better than Rickie Lambert watch him play watch how he controls the ball he scored more than Holt did in the championship fact! he's good, technically gifted and can read and write unlike someone i know :L So just watch He is better than Holt all day long! and he is faster than Holt proven fact as well!

01 Jun 2012 23:51:28
Katlego Mphela will be unveilved as an Swindon player either over the weekend or early next week. He flew over for talks on thursday and the details of his contract have been discussed on Friday.
Mphela will be on an wages similar to the rest of the squad but will have significant goal bonuses, which was been negotiated by several members of Swindon's scouting 'consultansy' scheme.

Di Canio will be only signing English players after he made some very dubious foreign signings at the beginning of last seasonNOT TRUE. Mphela has just signed a new deal with his club in SA, Mamelodi Sundowns.Di canio has said 80% british signings so 1-3 signings from abroad are still possible

02 Jun 2012 00:04:21
Bristol City set to sign English born Jeremy Kyle from CSKA Sofia FC.(0)(19)Trisha is joining Arsenal as wellYeah jerry springer signs for derby and dale whinton signs for bristol roversWill he have his own tv show full of mingers and chavs?His disciplinary record is said to be very poor. His instance of running up to the ref and shouting 'you sir, are a disgrace. Get off my stage' often leads to a straight red.

01 Jun 2012 23:52:36
Southend are trying to sign young Shrewsbury striker Tom Bradshaw.(7)(9)Southend's best chance is getting him on loan. There's zero chance of him joining them permanently.I don't think we really want him.Possibly a loan move as part of a deal for Ryan Hall?You can have him if we get hall in returnPossibly a loan deal as part of a deal for Ryan Hall?Heard it's just a loan move providing Shrewsbury pay is wages.We are close to signing gavin tomlin and we don't need another striker if we get him so this is unlikely to happenWe only need strikers who can actually score!! And Gavin Tomlin doesn't really fit the bill6 goals in 10 games for gillingham, can play up front and on the wing, tomlin is ideal for play it along the ground football not hoofball which cost us last season.Bradshaw is proven at this level,i'd be glad to see him sign.Bradshaw proven at this level? how?Wales u21 at 18 years old. Needs games on loan. wont play at Town... Yet

outs:
kirkland-already signed for sheff wed
gohouri-linked with cardiff and ipswich
diame-to move to everton in next 2 weeks unless he gets a better offer from another club
rodallega-linked with arsenal, liverpool and fulham(7)(18)As a wigan fan, i think it is rather hypocritical for you to to criticise evertons standard - diame will thrive there, where there is no pressure of relegationZaki is currently on the waste tip of footie - will not come to Wigan. Can see the others though....Zaki will be a free agent.I reckon dos santos will go swansea but i hope he comes to usArsenal looking to sign dzekoNobody was being hypocritical conisidering man utd and arsenal were rumoured to be linked and malaga and i would say they are better than everton but i agree he would like to sign for everton

01 Jun 2012 23:24:24
Gary Roberts has signed for Preston North End... Done.
(Terrier)(6)(19)No he as not and yes am a pne fanHe's already signed for shef weds

Out:
Radhi Jaidi - Retired
David Connolly - Released
Lee Holmes - Preston - Free Transfer
Jack Dovey - Eastleigh - Free Transfer
Harlee Dean - Brentford - Free Transfer
Bartosz
Bartosz Bialkowski - Released(26)(26)Southampton wont pay 7million for rodriguez
scott dann sounds legit
davies said he is staying at bolton
ince will go for about 3.5 million
courtois to go to athletico madrid againThey have already had a 7 mil bid appectedBrentford signed harlee dean on permanant deal from southhampton a couple of days agoRodriguez accepted would be happy with the rest but not sure about mark daviesIts going to cost you a whole lot more than 2 or 3.5 mill or Ince.Surley Chelsea will want Courtois to have a bit of prem experience before he starts for Chelsea?Would love to see all those players at Southampton but I can't see Courtois going.You won't get Mark Davies for £2.5 million. Bolton have slapped a fee of £4m on his head. The board have given assurance they won't sell,It doesnt say they havent signed harlee dean? (to the poster up above)Harlee dean signed for brentford fc 2 weeks agoTypical case of 'not a big club anymore' thinking you are! Were you ever a big club? Spending 7 million on Rodriguez? I think over paying to over compensate the fact any striker worth that won't join saints?! Grant holt scored nearly 20 goals in the prem been bid for less than 5 million? I hope Rodriguez signs and takes you down with Sharp.If Rodriguez fulfills his potential, he will have at least doubled is value in 3 years. Holt in 3 years will be released from whoever on a free. We hope Rodriguez signs as well.Courtois was sent to Athletico Madrid when Chelsea signed him last summer for two years. So I very much doubt that he will be with Southampton this season.I watch scott dann last season and anyone that gets him i feel sorry for because he will only take you down, terrible defender

01 Jun 2012 21:55:55
Nahki Wells is set to complete move to Carlisle in deal of 200k + Rory Loy(2)(11)Wells signed on at BRadford for the year already, he ain't moving.

And if I'm right Carlisle didn't offer him a deal when they had him before.He wont come backEpic fail of a post, Wells was awful at Carlisle we certainly wouldn't pay £200,000 for him and Loy, who is 10 times better than Wells.

01 Jun 2012 21:51:23
Rotheram manager Steve Evans is set to raid Swindon Town FC for some of their foreign cast offs. It is believed Evans has lodged an 50K combined bid for Allessandro Cibocchi and Mehdi Kerrouche.(5)(10)Snap Evans hand off Di Canio! These two are not worth anything. Kerroche's attitude and fitness is shocking. Cibo is injury prone and good for a mistake a gameThey won't go we all hate evans he is fat nd is only here to eat our piesFans forget that without kerrouche's goals/freekicks and penalties in the early part of the season we wouldnt have won the league and may not have even made auto. I still think he's class under the correct training regime and as he's under contract id want at least 100k for him. he was rated at 500k on transfer market value before we signed himKerrouche would be a great player under a decent manager

01 Jun 2012 21:50:24
Any news on Barnsley front?(3)(7)

01 Jun 2012 21:46:30
Bristol city have made a new offer for Coventry city centre back Keagh £500k and James Wilson in part exchange this is seen as a better offer than straight cash(2)(14)SISU (Cov's owner) would not be interested in any player exchanges... Unless Bristol City agree to pay their wages too!

01 Jun 2012 21:44:53
mike grella and jermaine johnson signing for the mighty bantams next week(4)(8)Not the first time I've heard this. Increased budget at City this year and many rumours around Blake/Gray/Johnson/GrellaSorry your wrong about grella as he as just put pen to paper with preston north end

01 Jun 2012 21:32:54
Norwich are considering a move for Dougie Freedman if the inevitable happens. The Canaries believe the lure of a bigger club will be enough to secure his services(8)(19)No hes not on their radar. Chris Hughton has been the boards number one choice to succeed Lambert for a while if he ever decided to walk out (like he has). just depends if he wants to come and compensation.Stop dreaming pal. why would he want to go to a club that are really struggle to stay in the prem. he`s young and still has a lot to learn. dont assume that cos he`s scottish that he has the midas touch.Joel Ward would be a bit mythed signed for palace because of freedmanNorwich are not a bigger club than Crystal palace.To be honest the only targets at the moment are what Lambert told McNally which he still thinks are a good idea. It will depend on who comes in.. Lennon - SPL players, Mackay/Hughton - Championship players, Lee Clarke - Lower leagues, Bruce/McLiesh - over rated expensive PL players or Free transfers. My favourite has to be Lennon, he has proven his loyalty and bravery with what he went through with abuse, Although he gets Champion League he has not done it in PL and he seems to be spending most of the time Mingling with the fans seeing as he is sent to stands most weeks."Norwich are not a bigger club than Crystal palace." LOLOh please! We @ NCFC know our place in the pecking order and yes, Villa are a bigger club than us in all respects. But Palace "not" bigger? List your reasons-but don't include gates, trophies won, Premier League/Division One status or history, because you don't come anywhere near us on those issues!Dougie Freedman to Palace! they finished in the lower half of the table even with all that so called talent they 'dont want to sell'. I think Norwich are setting their sights well low if they are interested in him.Southampton are a bigger club than both :L but i do agree Norwich are the bigger club as for Palace uh, your just not what you used to be. but Norwich Southampton are a bigger club than you are History and everything dates back 10 years before you and we spent more time in the prem than you so let that one go as well, and sorry but i cant help but think buttom three run next season for you due to what is happening right now to your club. i hope it does get back into shape though for next season because i cant wait to play you at home and away :D

Darren Odea might b bought by leeds after LOAN SPELL(7)(21)Having a laugh hooper might get 5 million maxBig mas been away for weeks (AIK)
El kaddouri left in jan
Darren odea can't be bought he's a free agent..........Hes a die hard celtic fan !
so what !Neil Warnock has already siad he does not want O DearHere we go again another one who knows nothing about the club or the players if Hooper would only go for 5 million then why did Celtic reject 7 million from southampton.5 million max for hooper? So why have Southampton already had an 8 million offer rejected?Who the fk is matt hills?

LeicesterLadIf we will only get 5 mil for hooper why did we reject 7 mil in january?His name is matt mills ex reading captainBecause hooper has decent record in spl which is L1 level in England his fee has shot up!!no more than £4mill and that is a risk for prem clubHoppers value is going down as he is only doing it in spl against the likes of Motherwell who would not last a season in England's 2nd tier.L1 standard is spl.Seriously shut up with this league 1 crap. Celtic arent league 1 material, everyone knows that, all you english people just criticise Celtic because they are scottish, yous must be stupid, a 7 million big (that is 2 more million than 5) was made for Hooper in Janurary since then he has scored more goals, so if anything his price has went up.If Jelavic came to Everton for 5mil pounds, there's no way in hell we'd pay 7-10million for Hooper.... that's just madness.

Steve EFC

01 Jun 2012 20:43:05
Just Heard Motherwell have Opened talks with former Preston CB Daniel Devine Irish International(13)(1)Has the potential to become a very good player

01 Jun 2012 20:52:00
With Paul Lambert moving closer and closer to the managerial role at Aston Villa, it is reported that Grant Holt and possibly Steve Morison could also leave Carrow Road for Villa Park(14)(14)Grant Holt will be i don't know about morisonYou are welcome to them both, they will bring harmony to your dressing room.
They cant stand each other

01 Jun 2012 20:49:51
Saints are poised to bid £3m for Mariappa and snatch him from under the noses of Reading. Butterfield may be used as in a potential reduced cash + player offer(13)(18)That would work if it wasn't for the fact that Reading's bid wasn't rejected and Mariappa will have a medical when he returns from international duty.Not he's not having a medicalUnless Reading start talking about a sensible amount - they will not need a doctor next week that is for sureSaints have no interest in maricrappa. Waste of space. Bigger and better things.No he's not having a medical right now he's on international duty but when he returns the deal will be done. The Sky Sports story is about 2 weeks behind.Reading won't get him I don't know if saints are after him hope he stays wfc

01 Jun 2012 20:49:13
keith andrews on a free going to itfc(8)(20)And then the ipswich fans woke up.....He is too good for you.

01 Jun 2012 20:13:03
West brom are getting alumina from arsenal as he was released, Albion to offer him a 22 grand a week pay deal(3)(17)Haha what a joke.

01 Jun 2012 19:29:43
Tranmere to resign Andy Taylor following his release from Sheff Utd. Steve Simonson also being considered but the form of OFW may not see this happen. Gary Roberts is another to be offered terms alongside Danny Cadamartri. I told you about the signing of Ben Burgess over a week ago!(5)(9)Gary roberts to sign for wednesdayWhy would you want him though?Huddersfield released him and you are better than themAndy taylor is a realistic signing for tranmere, alot of speculation of tranmere chasing anthony kay but hes still under contract with huddersfield and the main reason he left was because his family could not settle on merseyside so cant see that happeningI'd have Cadamarteri at Rovers - could work well with Burgess

01 Jun 2012 18:55:45
Walsall are close to signing Stratford Utd striker Mykel Beckley, Mykel scored 15 goals for Stratford last season and Dean Smith sees him as an ideal replacement for the departed Alex Nicholls who has joined Northampton(4)(3)Doubt that will happenBased on what? He is definitely on Walsall's radar and the other clubs looking at him include Mansfield Town and Port Vale so if Mykel has faith in his ability, he should come to a division one club! If you read this Mykel, forget 'decisions, decisions' and come and join the Saddlers!

01 Jun 2012 19:52:51
Bournemouth have beaten Sheffield United to the signature of Rotherham's Lewis Grabban on a 3 year contract for a fee believed to be £750,000(20)(4)It's been confirmed as £300,000Its 300k

01 Jun 2012 19:37:48
Bournemouth have had a bid believed to be in the region of £1million rejected for Bristol City striker Brett Pitman.(3)(10)You aint got 1millionYou're right we haven't....... We've got £2.2 billion.......No we aint got 1 million. We got a lot more than that, little RICH club.Yeh we have new russian owners, there loaded

01 Jun 2012 18:39:07
I work at the club shop at ytfc, and
i am also related to John Fry. I know
for a fact we have no money to spend
but that we have made an enquiry
about Nathan Smith, James Constable
and Akinfenwa. Also i have heard
Freddy Eastwood is 90% at yeovil town
already just waiting for Gary Johnson
to return from his holiday to be able
to complete the deal.(4)(12)And if you were related to john fry then he wont be happy that you put transfer targets on here..lol.. you made me laugh .. hI also have heard these rumours, i can simply say that i would be delighted to have these players come to the club. it would be a great step up from the current squad. the news that nathan jones has left today was, quite simply, a heartbreak. The lads a legend, his years of dedication at the club have been top notch. {Ed003's Note - ..Nathan Jones you've been gone too long....]Oh yeah good one.

01 Jun 2012 18:33:59
Peter Ramage to Crawley.(7)(11)

01 Jun 2012 18:29:24
Darren O'Dea & Danny Swanson will join Peterborough United on fee transfers.(4)(18)There wages will be too high especially
both being International footballers^ we have money^ not for their wage demands though. If we had money we wouldnt keep fishing in non league for players.

01 Jun 2012 18:24:21
Alex McLeish willl become the nex City manager
if Malky Mackay joins Norwich(7)(22)Not a bad replacement if this was to be true!I've heard on the grapevine that McLeish has been sounded out to be the next manager of the canariesHaha no way is mcleish coming to norwich. doesn't fit the profile at all.Agent 4 - 5 - 1 has been unleashed. He was almost successful at Villa but ultimately failed in his mission to create misery and relegation. Be careful for what you wish!That should please the Swansea fans.If mcleish joins city we'll still be in the championship by the end of next season or relegated to the 1st division

01 Jun 2012 18:20:55
Peterborough United have agreed a £350k fee with Oldham Athletic for goalkeeper Alex Cisak. Cisak has cut his holiday in Australia short to complete the deal.(5)(11)Hope so cause he is in last year of his contract, that would also be a very good fee to say he is in his last year so i wouldn't mind that one bitBest 'keeper we've had at Boundary Park for years, so wouldn't be at all surprised if this were true.Like the sound of this!

01 Jun 2012 18:20:53
Chris Hughton is being lined up to succeed Lambert.(14)(11)Indeed he is, but may not be possible

01 Jun 2012 18:16:45
Barnsley defender Lee Collins is a target for Bradford City, who look set to miss out on Rory Mcardle.

Phil Parkinson is also taking a look at Sheffield United's young attacking midfielder, Erik Tonne.(0)(19)Collins only just joined Barnsley! Would he really drop back into League Two so soon after leaving it?Only just signed for barnsleyWhy would barnsley do this thyve JUST SIGNED HIMSigning Ben Parker on Wednesday.Who signing Ben Parker? City or barnsly

01 Jun 2012 18:16:28
Chris Hughton will be the next Norwich Manager(20)(13)

01 Jun 2012 18:02:00
Been told by reliable source that Jordan Rhodes is off to Fulham in the summer. They bidded for him in January however Huddersfield pleaded to Rhodes to stay and get them promoted and he would be free to go in summer.

Also, Dembele and Dempsey will be off in the summer.

J.(12)(19)

01 Jun 2012 17:37:33
James Hayter in talks with his former club, AFC Bournemouth, about a possible return having been released by Doncaster Rovers in May. It would allow for James to be back closer to his family on the Isle of Wight.(10)(10)Heard he is going to charlton along with coppinger

01 Jun 2012 17:32:03
west brom are in talks with sunderland over the possibility over getting mignolet for £3 million, as a number 2 behind Foster(5)(31)Why would sunderland sell there no1 keeper?

Mignolet would not gain anything being a no2 keeperNo way we will sell him. We have let gordon go leaving only two keepers we are not about to sell another. Mignolet will stay and be our number 1We are guna rip up the league with next season.........................................NOT

01 Jun 2012 17:30:41
West Brom were hoping Chris Hughton would resign when Blues failed to get promoted - this has scuppered Albions plans and they are now looking at Ralf Rangnick. He, however is deliberating over an offer made by the club but is unhappy at the proposed transfer budget. What next?...........(6)(9)This is taking to long. Surely it shouldn't take almost 2 months to find a decent managerI agree. So typical of Albion. I don't think we had to panic but this is silly nowIt's ok. I heard Alex mcleash is having an interview for the baggies job tomorrowHe has a home in the area, out of a job, the ideal man for the job. eck to WBA

01 Jun 2012 17:26:39
A journo friend of mine who writes for local sports rag has shadowed a few Ipswich Scouts in the past 3 years on various fact finding missions,normally in Scotland and Holland, this year he is doing the same and has been told he will not need his passport or over night bag as Ipswich are looking local in the main, to that end, expect signings to come from col u , Norwich, posh and Stevenage . He has been told there is money to be spent but only in accordance with fair play. Take this as you will but any talk of spending Connor Wickhams profit on 2 or 3 marquee players is very wide of the mark.PJ is looking at cheap potential alla Hewit and pushing the youth players to make the grade. This coincides with Brian Klug coming back ( not 100%) to develop the talent already in place.There is alot of fringe talent local and prices will be fair so do not expect big name signings.This is a time of patience as there is a long term plan in place but things will start to look up very soon. I know there are no names on this post regarding transfers, this is because i am not privy to such info,i am mealy stating what is happening now in regards to the scouting .(7)(8)You talk a lot of sense and i have to say a very good read but I think you are wrong about Norwich players as it would be seen as a step back.Interesting and I have to say as a town fan more 35 yrs I would be very happy if we went down this road .I agree because the last time we signed big name players like chopra and bullard they have become a bit of a waste of money!Hutchings has said we need to strenghten the spine of the team, we need a GK,2x CB, CM (to replace Leadbitter) and a ST, whilst I agree PJ is looking at younger players. I'm not sure we can get all if these from just the clubs you mention. Also our only signing so far has come from Macclesfield.Think jewell is definately sniffing round ben williams magnus okuonghae and john joe o toole as all are free and would walk straight into ipswich first teamAnother great example of an Ipswich fan's literal prowess. 'Mealy'?! Where you hungry when you wrote this garbage? 'Merely' just for future reference. Also, shadowing Ipswich scouts must be a short & interesting experience. Surely it doesn't take much 'scouting' to find the the next Bullard to bleed the club dry for an extortionate weekly fee. If Ip5w1ch are going back to the local parks for their next great player it simply means Marcus Evans is fed up with chucking money down the drain. Perhaps if Ipswich scouts look hard enough they will find the next Jordan Rhodes (Whoops!- nice discard there!) Don't worry you will get out of the Championship in the end I'm sure. When ME pulls his cash out and League 1 beckons....lol!Oh yes because in the past ten days everything seems rosey in canary land and as for the op, he/she made one spelling mistake and that is the only thing you can pick on. Whilst I agree we will sign from further afield , it was still a good concise post and I have no doubt we will sign local also . Tx op as I believe every word which lets face it on a site like this, that is saying something .

01 Jun 2012 17:23:20
Lee Clark will be appointed the new Norwich manager when Paul Lambert goes to Villa after compensation has been agreed. McNally does not want to sell Grant Holt but Tottenham are set to offer Naughton and Dos Santos as a swap deal to replace Van Der Vaart. Clark will look to replace Holt with Jordan Rhodes from former club Huddersfield. Clark also looks to pick up Former Fulham captain Danny Murphy on a free after being released by the Londoners. Apart from this and the odd signing Lee Clark has been told by the board to continue the run of the club transfers started by Paul Lambert buying young, hungry players with lower wages. McNally will have a big budget and is right behind Clark. These are some possible targets:
Zaha
Sinclair
Davies
Snodgrass
Lansbury
Pacheco
M Phillips
Powell
and others(11)(30)No...Just no.No no no. why would a new manager go for paul lamberts targets or ex players? new manager will have fresh ideas and new targetsPowell looks like a done deal with man utd. going back on loan next season.Believe me Lee Clark wouldn't go to a club where there wasn't millions and millions to waste. Ps if he does you'll be relegated on the lowest number of points in history!!If sheff have signed him you have made one huge mistake too slow to play in the championship

01 Jun 2012 15:51:18
ed any news on new manager for hull city? {Ed001's Note - not that I know of.}(2)(7)Now football on twitter saying bruce will sign next week

01 Jun 2012 17:40:30
West Brom head scout Dan Ashwoth has identified 5 possible signing for their new manager, believed to be Ralf Rangnick, which will be confirmed in the next 48 hours.

Jonas Olsson, Peter Odemwingie and Simon Cox will be leaving the club.(7)(20)Erm, Snodgrass fee will be an issue? Value: 8 million at the moment, and Leeds will probably be embargoed soon anyway.Those players won't be leavingIf those signings were to be true, none of them would improve us except Guthrie (strong squad player) and Snodgrass who is an ideal player we need. i wouldnt like to see Holt or any of the others.. if Ralf is to be our manager id like to think he would attract bigger names for smaller fees!

01 Jun 2012 17:21:21
Wilfried Zaha to join West Ham for £5 million,plus Sam Baldock going to Palace on loan for the season! Big Sam also hoping to sign Kieron Richardson, Blackburn 'keeper Paul Robinson and Michael Owen.(23)(26)No, just noI lol'dWould be a great signing but Palace would want a bit more for him i think"Palace would want a bit more for him i think" Oh Nigel, please stop fooling around.

01 Jun 2012 17:19:11
Reading had bid rejected for Watford defender Adrian MariappaPD(21)(7)£2m bid rejected. Not going to be as cheap as some Reading fans thought :-)This is an interesting one as i was told a while ago we have had a bid accepted by a few reliable sources. i assume that watford have upped there price due to the takeover
MrRfcI am still being told a fee is agreed
MrRfcThis is false information. He is going for a medical after he gets back from international duty. The bid has been accepted at 1.8 million. Personal contract has not been discussed though.
From reliable source inside reading fc.Mapps worth at least 4 milWouldn't be surprised if marriappa was resigned by brendan Rodgers for liverpoolI don't think that has anything to do with it - we rejected £2.5m from the toon in Jan and said it would be £3m +add ons - can't see why that would be different now.
I would love to think we were screwing you on the basis of your new wealth - but in the transfer market we are real amateurs - so i doubt it is that simple!1.8 mil dream on wIs he any good Watford fansYou are right MrRfc i have now been told a fee has been agreed from a different source.

PDYes he is very good - if you sell Mills for £5m - Mapps is worth 10 - so be sensible on the money - someone will pay £3m + add ons and despite what all of the "in the know hob nobs" say on here a fee under that won't be agreed unless it involves a player or 2Fine you can have Church.
MrRfcAdrian Mariappa will sign for Reading from Watford for a fee of £2.25m plus add onsWhen you say reliable source do you mean the chairman or manager. Oh the tea lady, thought so!What are you all talking about, all our players and staff go to Cardiff.You asked if he is any good? He's crsap and can't kick a ball, no point wasting your money and buying him, no he really bad, Dont sign him.:)Mills' price was inflated. No Reading fan thinks Mills was worth what Leicester paid."When you say reliable source do you mean the chairman or manager. Oh the tea lady, thought so!"
Just you wait and see
MrRfc

01 Jun 2012 17:17:47
2m bid rejected for gunter and 2m rejected for mariappa reading prepare to go 3m each to strengthen defensively then onto the sig and 2 strikers GAME ON(10)(8)The Sly Spurts article is about two weeks behind. The deal is nearly done just a medical to complete.Well, I wish you luck-because based on your current success rate you are going to need it!
Especially when some other Reading fans indicate you are going to sign a whole new team. That shows a lot of loyalty to the players who got you to the Premiership!"Especially when some other Reading fans indicate you are going to sign a whole new team"

Its simply a fact of some fans getting over excited now we have a new owner, I expect a few new signings but nothing on the scale of what has been suggested on this site.Whole new squad is never going to happen. Some of the players we want to sign will go to other clubs. It's called, not putting all your eggs in one basket.

01 Jun 2012 17:04:40
Possible free transfers:
almunia to west ham
Heskey to Norwich to replace Holt
Jaaskelainen to arsenal
Klasnic to fulham
Bosingwa to Newcastle
Kalou to spurs
Grygera to west ham
Murphy to the UAE
Johnson to Aston villa
Pogrebnyak to fulham
Hargreaves to west brom after he nearly joined them last year
Would love to see Andreas Mancini (son of Roberto Mancini) going to Man u after being released from city
Kuszczak to watford
Owen to fulham
Buzaky to west ham
Rodellega to spurs(20)(22)Bosingwa to Newcastle.... He is the complete opposite player to what Newcastle look for. Hes Old, Expensive wages.Baggies had a narrow escape last season when they almost signed sicknote hargreaves, they wont make the same mistake this season.Bosingwa is not going to Newcastle, he's been linked with Real so if he does leave, its somewhere bigHeskey to Norwich, good oneWhy would we give Hargreaves another chance after he said how he didn't care about money and just wanted to play yet he turns down WBA for man city where he played once I think. To greedyHeskey to replace holt urrm thats complete bolocksLoad of rubbish

01 Jun 2012 17:01:59
Owen Hargreaves to sign for Brighton after release from Man City(9)(25)Where did you pull that rumour from , another crock, not for us, we only want fit footballers, not manchester utd/city sicknotes . Big GIs this supposed to be GOOD news ???You say you don't want Hargreaves but Vicente was hardly mr reliable when it came to being fit and he turned out to be a good addition so you never knowI think Hargreaves would be a good signing, he's no even injury prone he broke his leg when he was playing at his best, then he was out for a year never got in the team for city. He would be a solid player to have, also the guys point about Vicente above is true, he would be decent. However I would rather see Trotter come Brighton.I not saying he is not a good footballer but a sick note, At Manchester United he was plagued with injuries and he was allowed to leave the club at the end of his contract in June 2011 making only 27 appearances from 2007-2011, in the last three years at Old Trafford we saw him play only six minutes of first-team football due to chronic knee problems, At city he played just over two-and-a-half hours of action â€“ 2010-2011 Big G

01 Jun 2012 16:59:44
Oxford United are NOT close to signing Frank Nouble or even held talks with him, despite some rumours starting today!
Oxford have spoke to Matt Bloomfield and Jon Shaw from Wycombe and Gateshead though.
And NO offer has been accepted for much wanted striker James Constable...yet.(8)(10)

01 Jun 2012 16:55:16
Michael Owen to Everton cannot believe it gaining pace this rumour but seems to be gaining pace(6)(25)Pretty sure he had talks with Stoke this week and is set to sign for them

01 Jun 2012 16:44:57
I said this morning that West Ham had agreed a 3 million pound deal to sign a striker and that striker lookslike being Ze Eduardo from Genoa. If the deal does happen he will sign a 3 year deal at Upton Park.

190298(12)(16)

01 Jun 2012 16:41:39
Ryan hall has rejected the shrewsbury talks!(14)(8)From a Southend fan.Says a deluded Southend fan!Ryan Hall hasn't ever been in talks with Shrewsbury it's just loads of Shrewsbury fans making up rumours!

01 Jun 2012 16:34:11
Brentford and Notts County are interested in signing Congolese striker Juvhel Tsoumou, who is transfer listed at Preston(5)(7)Seems legitRubbish he'll be allowed to go for £300,000.Dont think donaldson is going to leave for preston. think someone is telling rubbish

01 Jun 2012 16:31:01
Sheffield Wednesday and Charlton have both had bids in the region of £700,000 turned down by Preston for talented midfielder Paul Coutts(5)(13)Coutts is a cracking player (at a rather poor league 1 side) I can see him going to any number of Championship clubs...but Peterborough must be in the lead.....£500k should get him as he wants to leave as he hates Westley.50/100k more should do the jobWe've not actually paid a fee for any of our 11 signingsHow do you know he hates westley?"How do you know he hates westley?" I never said that but, didn't they have a row last season?

Westley (IMO) only kept him on because he is a saleable asset, I'm still hoping he'll be a Charlton player next season however, any number of clubs could get him.

From above, how can a bid or 500K better a bid of 700K clearly math is not a hot topic in Peterborough!Coutts will go for less than 500K

01 Jun 2012 16:30:16
The Anthony Gardner to Sheffield Wednesday rumour is not true. He is currently out injured for 4 months with a grade 1 hamstring injury, so he would fail the medical.(6)(7)He could still pass a medical while injured, srewart downing was signed by aston villa from middlesbrough while he had a long standing injuryGardner isn't injuredHe is hes been out since the start of april. his hamstring "nearly came off the bone."Hes not injured hopefully sign mondayDo we have any reports of whether he is injured or not rather than keep reposting he is or he isn't. Was injury in a match?

01 Jun 2012 16:29:08
Carlisle have told Preston and Sheff Utd that they must match their valuation of Francois Zoko to begin talks with their star player(8)(8)Blunts won't be buying anyone no money in the piggy bankHe's out of contract.He's on a freeHe is available on a free, contract has expiredPreston linked with everyone on here, they will have a squad of about 500 next season.You don't pay transfer fees for out of contract 28 year old players.Please check your facts re the status of players before posting inaccurate facts and if you don't believe me take a look at the Carlisle United official website for thursday 24 May.He's out of contract if he rejects their new contract they can do what they wantHe's out of contractPNE get over your self you are not big any more you finished 15 th this season in league one.Just for clarity, Zoko is not our 'star' player Lee Miller is far more important to our team than Zoko with respect.

01 Jun 2012 16:28:39
Preston North End will sign Gary Roberts on free transfer from Huddersfield. watch this space.(5)(12)He has signed for Wednesday.its on newsnow website.which person put it on wiki?!

01 Jun 2012 16:28:06
Graham Westley has targeted Clayton Donaldson, Patrick Agyemang and Josh King as he looks to add pace to Prestons attack(6)(13)Donaldson and king will not play the way that westley would want them tooDo you mean Josh king from Manchester
united. if so ha ha ha ha

01 Jun 2012 16:27:02
Andy Johnson will sign for Wigan next week(8)(19)Doubtful as he turned us down before and his wages would be too high. Jsylatic

01 Jun 2012 16:26:57
Cardiff City goalkeeper David Marshall is set to move back north of the border to rejoin former club Celtic following the Bluebirds' signing of Joe Lewis(4)(26)Wish he wouldHe's just signed a 4 year contract.Rubbish....lewis has replaced heaton !!He just signed a new contract a few days ago. rumour is not true sorryHe signed a new contract with CardiffMarshall just signed a new contract 1 week ago. i dont think hell be going anytime soon.

01 Jun 2012 16:25:55
Talks have broken down between Heskey and Leicester. St. Etienne and Le Havre have emerged as surprise clubs to offer Heskey a contract(8)(11)Get him abroad! the biggest waste of an england shirt ever. I dnt care that all other strikers loved to play alongside him, the main reason being heskey couldnt hit a cows ass with a banjo!

tommo. MOT

01 Jun 2012 16:25:07
Randy Lerner has given Paul Lambert £25m to spend + a free whip on wages.
Lambert will be announced within the next 12 hours as AVFC manager..
He will be looking to start a new era by selling hutton,warnock,collins,makoun,defouneso. (excess of £10-15m expected from these sales).
Lambert will look at bringing in 2 quality strikers,2 good midfielders & 3 solid defenders & a new 2nd keeper (could be reserve keeper Benji Siegrist).

Exciting times to be a Villa fan again!

Withe1983(7)(26)So you stopped being a villa fan because they were losing?Is this 25m depending on 10-15m on selling on player ?Enjoy it while it lasts. he'll be walking out on you eventually. hes joining you the same way Norwich knicked him from colchester. leopard spots and all that.. (bitter NCFC fan)

01 Jun 2012 16:22:59
Borussia Dortmund will offer Squillaci a route out of Arsenal after a nightmare spell(10)(7)

01 Jun 2012 16:21:19
Chelsea will sign Hulk, Kyle Walker and Fernando Gago to revamp their squad(7)(29)Kyle walker? Are you having a laugh?And hazardChelski mugs....u bore your way to wiining cup and think u can sign who u like...jog on !!Kyle Walker has just signed a new contract until 2016!For u who said Chelsea bored on to winning the cup. U must be a support a team who didn't win a thing.

01 Jun 2012 16:20:19
Michael Essien could join PSG within the next 2 days as talks over a move come to a conlcusion(14)(10)

01 Jun 2012 16:19:30
Jermain Defoe looks certain to be leaving Tottenham this summer. Southampton, Stoke, Newcastle and Aston Villa are all monitoring the situation(12)(16)Reckon Stoke will be the one he chooses if he does leave, so he can partner up with Crouch up front againAccepted I think you mean ........I am a Saints fan and i dont think we will pay his wages. People keep saying we have rich owners but we still have to be sensible and realistic.I think he'll stay in LondonHe agreed to join Stoke in Jan so guess he'll go there as well. They can certainly afford him.Well said saints fan I agree come on you saintsEx-Portsmouth why would we want him? (saints fan)Out of them teams, it looks like it could be Stoke. Him and Crouch upfront again would be a key influence in his choice. Reliable rumours had it that he had agreed to come to Stoke in January but he'll be coming in the summer

01 Jun 2012 16:18:18
Michael Owen has been invited to join Reading's pre season training on July 1st and will be given an opportunity to prove his fitness and earn a contract with the Royals(10)(14)And by the time he proves he is not fit-say mid July- probably too late to get hold of a quality striker, as they will have been signed up so they are able to take part in their new clubs pre-season schedule!
Sounds pretty sensible to me-not!Funny that, he's still in Portugal.Which is where Reading are having their pre-season friendlies this year.It's not for another month, why's it relevant where he is now?Nonsense, nonsense, NONSENSE! He won't come to Reading. Reading won't pay more than £25,000 pwAnd Owens basic at Man United was £10k a week with bonus. If you remember S.A.F gave Owen a chance!

01 Jun 2012 16:17:32
Newcastle will offer a contract to Salomon Kalou, however some reports suggest he favours a move to a French club(15)(6)

01 Jun 2012 16:16:47
Clayton Donaldson has told Brentford he wishes to enter discussions with PNE over a possible transfer. Westley has highlighted the need for pace up front and Donaldson ticks every box(9)(4)

01 Jun 2012 16:14:45
There are talks that Michael Owen, Emile Heskey, Danny Murphy and Andrew Johnson are all in talks with an unnamed Midlands club due to their release and all are going to be on short term pay as you play contracts.
The clubs believed to be the Midlands club are as Follows in order of likeliness: Leicester, Birmingham, Coventry and West Bromwich Albion.(6)(16)We would love the last three taCoventry are you joking!!

01 Jun 2012 16:14:42
SKY SPORTS NEWS:
David McNally- 'Grant Holt Not for sale'(11)(11)He's not for sale but if we get offered 10m we have to acceptEvery player has their price my friend.Your skint. you need players. he wants to leave. win win in my mindGrant Holt replied......want a bet McNally.Who says we are skint. Even Mcnally has said we are financially sound. Where do these people come from who come on here!
I reckon Holt will go, but we'll try and get a decent price for him!We are skint are we ? - complete rubbish the club is not skint nor even close to it and no we do not have to sell any players, Go to Norwich web site and read the statement from chairman, he clearly states that the new manager will be handed a substantial budget for new signings.
Holt may be sold but it will only be for a stupid amount of money IE £5+ for a 31 year old who will only decrease in sell on value, and there is no guarantee that he will score as many goals next year.Agreed if he goes it will be 5mill+ which is stupid risk for someone to take.
we aren't skint but believe we are going to pay off all our debts this year hence the transfer budget will be tight for another year..so we have to survive! board are taking a gamble cause want to be debt free.Yeah stupid money for an aging player who has handed a transfer request in wake up!10m for a 31 year old no chance, 4-5m tops and he will get sold

01 Jun 2012 16:13:30
Bournemouth weighing up Swindons Matt Ritchie as a replacement for Marc Pugh who looks likely to join either Cardiff, Ipswich, Burnley or West Ham later this week(5)(17)Bournemouth put an offer in for him in January for 750k and that was rejected. Now that Swindon are in the same league, any offer under £2million would be declined according to the Swindon board.Can your little club afford £2 million?They gave up in january as he cost too much, we're both in the same league now, why would he leave? Also aren't Bournemouth set to sign Robinson back from Huddersfield who is a winger?Come up with 1.5 to 2 mil and you have a good chance of landing him.Ritchie wont go to Bournemouth he wants to play under Paolo as he sees ambition at the club whereas Bournemouth are a smaller club ok theyve now gto a russian with a bit of money but he wont go anyway for less than 2 million which is the value the club have put on him.Robinson is a central midfielder do you not remember from his time at dean court!
can't see this one happening, swindon are too unrealistic and greedyHehe still sulking about our takeover ay Swindon? ;) little rich clubWe wont bid more than 1 mill for ritchie, probably not even that, Swindon are deluded, And after a conversation with pugh he hasnt ruled out a move, but wants to stayRobinson is a centre midfielder, not a winger, although we just signed Grabban from Rotheram who can play on the wing, aswell as Josh Mcoid who can play as a winger if neededRobinson is a box to box central midfielder, not a winger.As an Ipswich fan I would prefer Ritchie, but don't think he'll leave SwindonNnrealistic and greedy? Hhy would we sell to a smaller club than us in the same division? It's only natural to expect a little more from clubs in that situation.Oh sorry aha, dont follow bournemouth just thought he was a wingerI live in southampton but am an ipswich fan and have been to a couple bournemouth games i think marc pugh is a goodi player but i think i would rather see matt richie come to us as he is younger but i dont think he will leave swindon least till jan to see where they r in the leagueWhat is all this small club nonsense? We are now owned by billionaires and im afraid money talks in the game. I don't know one player who would say I will stay in league one/two with a club with no ambition because they get 1000 more fans than a club that will double my wages and are aiming for promotion to the championship!! Yeah right! Reality check Swindon. No Russians want your clubHow are the Russians wife's team talks these days? Haha what an embarrassmentNot as much as an embarrassment as Di Canio...... Biggest thing Swindon has ever seen and my god doesn't he know it!LOL we are aiming for the Championship you dimwit. He won't leave because he has just admired Di Canio in the local news.We don't have Russians, but we are still one of the richest teams in the country.STFC one of the richest clubs in the country? Good one, for a moment i thought you were serious. If you do get some money you should try sorting out that cesspit of a ground, even the rats are complaining.Swindons only a 'big club' due to di canio, as soon as he gets a better offer you'll be back looking in bins for scrapsOff topic, but Di Canio the biggest thing this club has ever seen?
Are you forgetting Ossie Ardiles and Glenn Hoddle?Haha do theese farmers think swindon is a big club or something no bigger than bournemouthYou need to do your homework lad, STFC are the 4th richest club outside of the Premier League (owners wealth)Fergie was in the paper last week claiming that 10% of the worlds 695 million population supported Manchester united. If I read on I'm guessing it would of said the other 90% support the mighty Swindon Town3 places behind BournemouthSeeing as there is over a billion people in China either you or fergie are talking rubbishOxford are far bigger than Swindon anywaysDi Canio Town FC! You lot hang off him like a sh!t wig! #lethimbreathBournemouth are a two bob club who will go the same way as pompey when the russian gets fed upSwindon are in fact in the top 30 rich list you geeks and also our stadium isnt a dump.its a lot better than most stadiums ive been to including bournemouth little diveThe dive that Bournemouth are currently bolting an £11 million hotel/stand onto and the whole park area that is getting dug up as week speak for our premier league standard multi million pound training pitches? That dive you mean?? Okaaaaaaaaay feel free to have a tour round it after we've put 6 past you next seasonOn the matter of size of club It's not the money or the gates, it's the history and achievements. I think you'll find you're lacking in most departments anyhow. Good luck to you though, gonna need it! I just hope Harry Redknapp comes back to take some more money from a rich owner and help ruin another clubYou leave our uncle Harry alone. he will have a nice office put into the new stand for when he comes home from London.20k capacity redevelopement is expected - thats easily big enough for championship fare and area the size of swindon. 15k capacity at present is none too shabby eitherIm glad Swindon are back in league 1 with AFCB, the banter is great but the 6 points will be sweeeet.Swindon will start the redevelopment of the ground at the end of this coming season, the club are backed by several wealthy owners one is one of the richest men in the country. History suggests we have won more than bornmuff and have much more potential than them, dont care if you want ritchie, if you are on the up like us and you want our players it suggests we have good players, the fact you think you have money and can wave it about and have what you want is purely dreamland stuff.Ahhhhh the trophy laden history of the mighty Swindon Town FC! It makes the 70's 80's Liverpool era look average.

01 Jun 2012 16:02:12
Ipswich have agreed a fee with Sunderland for Kieren Westwood although the transfer will be completed after euro 2012(3)(23)Yeye wateverWhy would Sunderland leave themselves with one keeper? Theirs no way Westwood will leave. He's a great keeper to have as a reserve and can also challenge for the number 1 spot!

01 Jun 2012 16:01:05
Ipswich have agreed a fee with Gillingham for Paulo Gazzaniga and personal terms are thought to be close to completion. 100% def info!(5)(11)

01 Jun 2012 15:59:17
Watford goalkeeper Scott Loach is on Ipswich manager Paul Jewell's radar in the hunt for a goalkeeper, on top of Paul Jewell's wish list is released ex Manchester United keeper Thomas Kuszack who had a loan period at Watford last season.

Another name on Paul Jewell's radar is highly rated Sheffield Wednesday striker Gary Madine as Paul Jewell is looking to bolster his strike force, another name who could make a possible move to Ipswich is Reading striker Simon Church.(9)(5)Got no chance with madine ipswich would be a step downIf we link enough players to us eventually we are bound to get one right! ITFCThere is one direction Wednesday are going and its not up.

However ipswich are not interested in the playerWednesday to ipswich wouldnt be a step down..! established championship side- newly promoted to championship..If all thes players come in they'll be no room for -
Jimmy Kebe
Jobi Mcanuff
Alex Pearce
Jason roberts ect.

01 Jun 2012 15:58:25
James Constable is set to move from Oxford to Bristol Rovers for 180k. With this money, Oxford are set to buy Mehdi Kerrouche from Swindon, after he impressed whilst on loan at Oxford.(16)(13)Clearly from a swindon fanConstable will go and possibly Bristol or Northampton who have shown interest today. But Kerrouche impressed.......no. He played about 90 mins in a month in total for us and was sent back to Swindon. In fact the reverse - not impressed and wont be signed upOxford have rejected an offer from bristol rovers source skysportsI also heard that Kerrouche could be coming our way, hoping its not true, certainly not for 180kSwindon are going to do a swap deal and have Smalley.

01 Jun 2012 15:54:59
Swindon are thought to be interested in striker Katlego Mphela, a South African international. He currently plies his trade in South Africa, however his extremely impressive goalscoring record for both club and country has interested several clubs in England.(14)(4)Swindon will be very ;ucky to get a player like this while in league one! fingers crossed though!

01 Jun 2012 15:52:31
West Ham are looking into the possibility of signing Ledley King and Owen Hargreaves on free transfers(9)(22)Must be in a financial mess at West Ham if they take a risk on 2 of their allowed 25 first team players to sit out most of the season!Sounds like west ham.....love a sick note player.What have our medical staff got bored after Ashton and Dyer leftYep and Michael Owen as well ;)

The clarets have already bid for Shackell and Clayton but the offers were rebuffed. The Lancashire outfit are thought to be returning with higher bids to attempt to secure the pair.

Howe is keen on Burnley born Norwood after the player was not offered a new deal at Man United.

Howe has worked with Pitman before at Bournemouth and stated his interest in the player in todays Burnley Express. With Rodriguez looking bound for the Premier League, Howe will look to add Pitman to a still impressive strike force of Charlie Austin, Danny Ings and Martin Paterson.(15)(5)You are not getting Shackell.One of your fans who is part of the Burnley fan organisation or whatever it is said you are not looking for a centre back as Nigel clough has set an asking of 5.5 million if you dont agree that hes worth that much
thats the whole point so it will stop interest from other clubs.He himself has already stated "I love the club,Bright future" etc.EH is not interested in Shackell, but we are after a center back.What a load of rubbish. You don't have to make stuff up because you don't want to loose him. We are after a centre back EDDIE HOWE has confirmed this.Burnley will be after a centre back, left back, right back and above all a decent keeper! 13th place finish was nothing to do with a shortage of firepower it was because the forward thinking midfield couldn't protect a pants defence!If you are going to pretend you know whats going on. Get your facts right. Olly Norwood WAS offered a new contract at united. He turned it down because he wants first team football

01 Jun 2012 15:49:20
Spurs have released Ledley King, He ha the summer to prove his fitness and if he can spurs may offer him a 1 year contract. If not he will retire and look to stay at spurs in another capacity1

Leebo(12)(8)

01 Jun 2012 15:48:07
i just got news from some really credible sources, this chap has got his ear really close to the ground.. the 40 million that was put a side for hazard will be redirected to nuri sahin of Real Madrid and striker lewadowski from dortmund. the two have a telepathic connection with shinji and would solve the sriker and mid field issue(5)(7)

01 Jun 2012 15:47:40
Derby County are to sign Notts County centre-back Krystian Pearce at some point next week. The fee offered is believed to be £350,000(10)(7)Its 175,000 due to injury problemsNot been injured at all, apart from one small muscle strain early season. Where did that idea come from?They turned down 500k mid season so 350k seems small. no way would it be 175k, never

01 Jun 2012 15:26:11
Bristol City are set to complete a triple signing of Scottish players.

Templeton, Swanson and Steven Naismith are all close to agreeing contract terms with the club after initial fees had been accepted. The latter, Naismith may still have other clubs interested in late bids as he is available on a low minimum release clause due to Rangers financial woes.

The Templeton deal will involved City winger, Martyn Woolford going to Hearts, as part of the deal.(3)(19)West brom are going to bid 5 million for
Naismith and Templeton is valued at 2.8
million.Dont see Bristol city have 7.8 Million and more money to spend on rubbish rumours.

The only player that Bristol city have talked to is left back Paul Dixon and he might be your first signing if he snubs Derby CountyMartyn Woolford is shocking.What utter nonsense...Naismiths is 2mill,get your facts correct,and if he is sold it wont be to cityGlad to see Ally McCoist's joined us because he clearly knows what Rangers' transfer activity is!
you lonely sad man go back and support your own club

01 Jun 2012 15:24:59
Tottenham have released ledley king

Leebo(14)(11)Hooray, he can finally play for a good team
The only reason spurs released him is because they don't deserve himDidnt he play 30+ games this seasonHe hasn't been released, contract talks are ongoing. He made 23 appearances this season, most of them playing injured in the second half of the season after being injured in training but having to play out of necessity. If he can't prove his fitness he will retire and take up a coachin roleNo they havent..get facts right before posting he will be offered role within club

01 Jun 2012 15:23:40
Walsall striker/ winger Alex Nicholls has signed for Northampton after turning down his one year contract offer at the Saddlers

Walsall are interested in Mustapha Dumbuya who has released by Doncaster(9)(3)Im pretty sure swansea/ everton/ sunderland are in intrested in muzzy

01 Jun 2012 15:19:17
Following his release from Liverpool, Stephen Darby is being linked with PNE to fill their vacant RB slot(12)(3)

01 Jun 2012 15:13:42
Some rumours going around about bringing Rodallega in on a free transfer, after the free agent list was released today. Also, some talk about Danny Murphy on a free aswell.(2)(6)Who is this in relation to?

01 Jun 2012 14:54:27
Walsall's Dean Smith set to sign 2 new forwards, 2 midfielders and a defender by the 8th June. Giles Coke, Pablo Mills and Stephen Fletcher beleived to be 3 of the 5!(1)(7)Giles Coke??? ahahah

01 jun 2012 14:54:15
tranmere have signed ben burges
one of many to come!(11)(1)Hardly a 20 goal plus a season striker. feel a little bit disappointed with this signing. hopefully he'll prove me wrong.Season not yet started and the moaners are out. wake up and smell the coffee we cannot afford to sign the very best player advaiableHes not a 20 goalscorer per season but he will score the odd couple. Also he can hold the ball up for another player to score from. And we need another striker to score from burgess' flick ons.Happy with Burgess, he's not and never will be a prolific goalscorer, but then you don't have to be - look at Niall Quinn's career. He's a very decent target man at that level, Rovers just need a 'Kevin Phillips' to go with him now.

Highly interested in (will only sign a select few)-
Sanchez free from Valenciennes
Guthrie free from Newcastle
Butterfield free from Barnsley
Zaha 7mill from Crystal Palace
Phillips 2mill from Blackpool
Martin Kelly loan from Liverpool
Ryan Bertrand loan from Chelsea
Pilkington from Norwich
Fletcher from Wolves
Kightly from Wolves
Sterling on loan from Liverpool
Carl Jenkinson on loan from Arsenal
Benik Afobe on loan from Arsenal
Henri Lansbury on loan from Arsenal
Aaron Ramsey on loan from Arsenal(5)(38)So by the sound of it Reading will have a whole new team judging by your postButterfield ain,t free mate he his under 23
and unless a fee can be agreed it will go to a tribunalDREAM ON READING!If you think that you are going to SIGN those players! A Good Dream!No way we would get ramseyYour not close to signing any of those!Butterfield ISNT free. compo is due if he leaves !!!!!Yakubu probably
Sigurdson no
Mariappa maybe
Gunter maybe
Rhodes no
Ledley no
Jenkinson probably
Ramsey no
Lansbury probably notIs it April 1st-this is reading the new Aston Villa, completely deludedButterfield is not free will be fee decided by Tribunal because of his age.Yakubu (Rhodes)

McAnuff Sigurdsson McCleary

Sanchez Ledley

Bertrand Mariappa Pearce Gunter

what a teamKightly staying at wolves n you cant afford fletchYour 'close to signing' list is quite good, but some of you loans are laughable!Butterfield not free there is a fee to pay as he is only 21Ledley for £3 million? No chance mate. Try £8 million.I WishYou Might have a rich owner but so do
Qpr dosent mean a player wants to sign for you.Aaron Ramsey is a class player despite being out of form during the last part of the season but that was due to a
consistent ankle problem which i presume will be resolved over the summer.I did hear though you might be getting Frimpong on loanWhy is it that as soon as we get money people start hating on us, I doubt we are gonna get siggy back nor Yakubu the only i can see happening is Mariappa and GunterApparently 2m has been rejected but according to watford observer this may not be the case, so hopefully there is a player involved in this deal. As a watford fan i believe michael kightly would be an absolute brilliant signing for you, we had him on load and was liturally out of this league and when he returned to wolves seemed to be one of there best players.Interested in 7 different Premier League players on loan? You did state they might only sign a select few but the limit is 2 loan signings from other Prem teams, so that list is instantly massively limited from what you've written there.

As for some of the others......not a chance.....As a Norwich fan I can't see why Pilks would want to join Reading in a million years, even with Holt and Lambert both on the verge of leaving. It'd be a backwards step for him at present.Butterfield will not go for free a fee has to be paid for him he is under 23 and i can not see him joining reading anywayNever laughed so much you will not be loaning any of the following.

Carl Jenkinson on loan from Arsenal
Benik Afobe on loan from Arsenal
Henri Lansbury on loan from Arsenal
Aaron Ramsey on loan from ArsenalLedley will b at least double that prob closer to 8 or 9Blimey!
Yakubu- yeah OK, cover for Roberts
Sigurdsson- Liverpool bound
Mariappa- this will happen
Rhodes- no more than 20% chance of coming to Reading
Gunter and Ledley - won't happen
As for the rest, this is guess workWhen were reading given unlimited amount of money? not happeningI dont know why everyone is saying no to gylfi joining, hes a reading a boy and loves reading ever since he played for them a few years agoGet this into youre head butterfield no less than 2 million tribunalAnd I thought the baggies were deluded.There will be bigger clubs..Liverpool included going after Sigurdsson, wether he loves Reading or not he would choose the bigger club."Kightly staying at wolves n you cant afford fletch"

As far as I know we aren't after fletcher but if you think we can't afford him think again.Reading r going back downButterfield may not come but don't be deluded. A Football Tribunal will insist on alot less than 2m. Go look at higher rated players & see what they've agreed.Yah, he is with Ireland right now.Reading.....yawn........why would anyone go there.........I mean ever........have you been? Let alone sign just about player that's moving this summer. Dream on fella, You are on your way back to the championship!Thats bull hes a reyt player you obviously no nowt about footballPeople writing us off before the season starts... we'll raise a few eyebrows and we have a mastermind tactician of a manager. There were no more than 2 games where I can say we were outplayed. Btw we could get afobe on loan, he was on loan to us last season you person and we could get lansbury too. Not Ramsey or Jenkinson though who are near arsenals 1st teamJennings has played 20 games in the german 3rd liga and not scored, what makes you think he can cut it in the championship, he is not good enough!Aint being funny thats bareee money for all of dem how can they afford all of them and by the way u aint getting Zaha

01 Jun 2012 14:42:06
northampton have today made their
second signing of Alex Nicholls from
Walsall under bosman ruling.(8)(2)

01 Jun 2012 14:10:23
Alex nicholls to sign for northampton(10)(2)Already announced on official web site

01 Jun 2012 14:04:49
Nottingham Forest are looking at a possible double signing from Sheffield Wednesday - the players involved are Chris o'Grady & Giles Coke(8)(8)No they are not. Where have you heard this?You can av em we don't want themFlorest couldnt afford a diet coke no mind Giles coke

01 Jun 2012 14:19:28
Reading have enquired about a Spurs player believed to be Defoe, wages are a massive stumbling block though so deal unlikely to happen.

PD(8)(14)Ledley King.You bet it won't happen. Despite recent investment, the max wage at Reading is £25,000 pw and there's only one player on that at the moment. So, likewise, forget Joe Cole.

01 Jun 2012 14:00:15
QPR to bid 5 million for Ben foster(9)(16)West brom had a clause in his loan contract that if birmingham failed in promotion they would get first view.They seem more likely (QPR)He's good enoughh for mid-table, so probs West BromQPR will be mid table next year. with the funds they have, they can/should strengthen there squadSupporting qpr since i was 4, and this is the first real time i can say qpr have some stability at the club thanks to tony fernandes, we will be a mid table club next season and realisticly pushing for europe withing 3 seasons. players realise this, look at our january transfers, what did they all say, they believed the club has big ambitions and is going places,to be fair i think alot of players in the same league as foster will realise this to, of course i am going to say this but there is only one way qpr are going and thats up. futures bright its blue and white.U'RRRRRRSSSSSS

01 Jun 2012 13:47:16
Part of the brendan rodgers deal is that he cant sign any swans players for at least 12 months so all this rubbish about siggy going to reading or liverpool is bull he is having a medical at swansea today.(13)(17)He hasn't signed though, just because he is having a medical (if he even is) doesn't mean he's a Swansea player, he can sign for anyone he wants, and no I'm not a Reading or Liverpool fan...Siggy isn't a Swansea playerHe's on holiday....how's he having a medical...and the holiday isn't in Swansea !How can this have any bearing on a Hoffenheim player? Der!You are aware that Sigurdsson is a Hoffenheim player, right?He isn't a Swansea player though is he?He was on loan u doughnut he doesnt belong to SwanseaHe can sign for Liverpool because he isn't contracted to Swansea is he? Silly boy and who's to say reading don't make a last minute offer, anything can happen dudeSo, he'll be going to reading then.....no ties to swansea only went there because of rodgers and the type of football they play (which will be down the drain now)Funny that. How can he be having a medical when he is on holiday!Siggy will come 2 reading againExcuse the lack of technical language but... Hoff are miffed at Swansea for announcing sig as a 'done deal' - therefore transfer to Swansea less likely further problems arising from the departure of BRNothing has been signed a fee has been agreed but I bet aswell as the other good players such as Sinclair that now Rodgers has gone they have lost their edge and could become Relegation favourites.Sinclair by the way is going to
Newcastle,Liverpool or Aston villa.Most likely Newcastle in for the Aging Jonas after Adam Johnsons Wages proved a Stumbling blockHe said: "We have agreed a fee and personal terms but the problem is he has gone away to Europe on holiday and that has delayed the finalising of it.

"We are hopeful of getting things moving next week, hopefully we can tie that up and get one or two things finished off." Looks most likely sigurdsson will sign for the swansThe football we played wasnt down to rodgers, martinez started it off just sayingWhy does everybody say our style will go down the drain then? You clearly have no clue as we've had a succession of three managers (Martinez, Sousa, and Rodgers) it's was the boards and Martinez decision to change the philosophy of the football club why would we change that just because we've lost, admittedly a great, manage? That would be suicide the board will continue to look for managers with philosophy and style that will fit the way we play and the football club is runLook, get your facts straight before you make up rubbish. He agreed terms, but he didnt sign. He isnt going to sign either as the reason he wanted to join was because of Brendan Rodgers.You dont know any thing about football rodgers didnt start the passing game it was martinez and when we get our new manager he will have to get used to it because swansea wont chnage their game planHes not contracted to swansea, liverpool and reading can sign him if they wish he is an HOFFENHEIM player, my god Swansea fans lack common senseDont worry rodgers wont be at liverpool in 12 months lol.To the above comment...... SCFC have been playing their brand of football for the past 5 years. All that's changed is the managers who have implemented their own ideas around the Swansea style of play. Huw Jenkins hasn't disappointed in manager selections so I wouldn't expect him to disappoint this time around.If he doesnt sign for Swansea he will sign for Liverpool.Rodgers has told Gylfi to sign for the Swans, meaning he will not intervene in the transfer. But that does not mean he will not sign for liverpool, as if he pulls out then hes LiverpoolsMost ov you guys dont now nouthing gilfy wants to play football if your hoffinhim fan you dont have a clue he hates you club said it since day one the main reason for him wantinf to sign for the swans was the fans and the area plus rodgers told him to join swansea for his development and not to join the likes ov pool and others plus his girlfriend doesent want to leave swansea rodgers would be a hypoctite to sign him yes fee and personall terms been agreed but anything can happen in foot ball one things for sure he wont be at hoffinhim next yearHow do you all know Siggy's true feelings ? He may love Swansea, he may love Rodgers no one knows except him how he truly feels and I'm sure he wouldn't be contemplating signing for Swansea if he didn't want to.Yes he wanted to sign for Brendan Rodgers' Swansea not some coach from Wigan's Swansea.

01 Jun 2012 13:44:28
Tomasz Kuszczak about to sign for
Watford FC...He loved his few months there on loan and wife is happy to move to Berkhamstead
Also been guaranteed No 1 position for
3 years. Loach will look to leave(12)(8)He isn't married and opened a new sushi bar in Macclesfield about 2 months ago.Not married but they have just had a kid together
WOULD LOVE THIS TO BE TRUENot sure this is true although we are looking to offload loach to ipswich, we apprently are interested in ben amos.Heck, Kuszczak would have to take a heck of a wage cut to go to Watford. Apparently he's actually off to Ipswich instead.

01 Jun 2012 13:42:49
stoke city have had a bid of 2.7m excepted for derbys john brayford .
and lukaku is willing come stoke on loan to hook up with his close mate Florent Cuvelier
who hes on holiday with at the moment(10)(8)Hope Lukaku gets back in time for Belgium's game v England tomorrow :-) Could have swore I just saw him on TV training.......odd holidayWill be a great signing, just a left back and a couple of wingers needed now.Any Proof? Because We Have No Need To Sell Players As The Club Has Stated Many Times And Were Selling Alot Of Players As It Is...Most players take a break from there hols for a few days training as Belgium aren't even in the eurosSo Lukaku is going to come to Stoke to go out on loan to the Championship as that's where Cuvelier will be going unfortunately.Lukaka didn't. Look that great in the game today.

01 Jun 2012 13:44:27
As Paul Lambert will be installed as the new manager of Aston Villa he has been promised funds. These were conditions on taking the job. His first move will be for Grant Holt and alot of ins and outs will take place.

OUTS
James Collins - Sunderland
Warnock - West Ham
Hutton - Reading

INS
Grant Holt - Norwich
Scott Dann - Blackburn
Junior Hoilett - Free
Nigel Reo Coker - Free
Diame - Wigan
Jermaine Jenas - Spurs(5)(20)Don't want Hutton at Reading...we are looking for decent players.....and Huttons definitely not that !None of that list of players in will meet Mr Lamberts requirements. young hungry and wanting to prove a pointWhy would Reo-Coker return to the club who were so willing to let him warm the subs bench for a few years?All of these players are too good for villaDo not want Hutton possibly the worst and dirtiest defender in the leagueHoilett will NOT be free!Hoilett is free, however he will join a bigger club than villa, also sunderland don't want collinsVilla fans are yet to learn anything about Lambert. I would even be shocked if he were to sign Holt back.I feel for Norwich and Swansea, had an impressive first season impact in the prem, but then their managers leave them for bigger clubs? (the irony being Villa finished below both Norwich and Swansea) But both clubs are hardly safe going into a second season where so many newly promoted clubs tend to struggle.. I'd feel pretty betrayed.Holt won't be leavingHow do you know sunderland dont want collins?The first comment is a typical newly promoted team fan, Hutton is better than all your team, from a SAFC fanIf u think lambert will be signing defoe and reo coker you really hav no idea what sort of manager you are gettingSorry meant Jenas and Reo Coker :-)Hoilett is not free! goes to a tribunal if teams cant agree a fee due to his young age!Hutton would walk into ur team he didn't get a 9mil move to spurs for nothin wake up new boys or u will be heading straight back to the championshipHoilett is out of contract but will not be a FREE, due to the Bosman ruling Blackburn can accept around 5 millionHutton is overrated I think, but he'd probably get in our team

01 Jun 2012 13:39:41
Eunan O'kane to join Peterborough from Torquay this summer according to sources within the club... What do Peterborough fans think?(0)(12)To vertically challenged for what Ferguson wants in midfield next season.

01 Jun 2012 13:31:12
Well well well Norwich City fans it looks like I was right about Mr Lambert. Grant Holt will join PL too.(10)(7)Only if NCFC say so my friend. Holt is under contract and will only be allowed to leave if the price is right. £6m should do it.Grant holt has another 2 years to run on his contract and wont be going anywhere until we get what a 17 goal striker is worth . plus paul lambert will cost villa .Villa... I m honestly shocked that PL has gone to your faltering debt ridden team of the past. Worst career move ever. You are an unforgiving set of fans and will no doubt give him a hard time should he lose a couple. If you give us a few mill for Holt too then great. He deserves one big contract before he reaches the end of his career and has been a great servant of NCFC while he was here. Good business when he has had a good season. Even PL will struggle to get results out of your bloated dressing room though so don't get too smug yet.

01 Jun 2012 13:26:04
Middlesbrough to clinch signing of Dany N'Guessen from Millwall for £500K.(8)(6)Goodbye we hope!Please, please let this be trueIs he rubbish ?From what little i saw of him at leicester he is big powerfull forward quite direct but effective, not given a chance really with us, a bit like the rest of our 'big' buys he'll be reetHe was rubbish at Millwall... Literally.
Maybe he wasn't given a chance, but always seemed a lazy lump whenever he started or came on as sub.
I hope he leaves.At Charlton (on loan) he made 6 starts and got 4 goals. I felt that he was playing for a contract, once he got one
he would not be as good but, that's just my opinion. When he joined us he was not match fit, having not played much all season. He did say when he joined us that he had not been given a chance at Millwall.If N'Guessen is a powerful striker what's jutkiewicz for??He's a good player at league one level but at championship he's ok i guess but hes strong on the ball and has a bit of pace on him, also wins headers a lot.

Fulham also interested in Niko Kranjcar(4)(18)Haha, Joe Cole is on £90k a week! There's no way we could afford his wages. {Ed001's Note - he's not. That amount includes his signing bonus spread throughout his contract. He is on about 75k a week.}If Dembele goes anywhere in the UK it will be to a top 4 side - Arsenal possible, Manc Utd maybe - Liverpool not a prayerFulham salary cap is less than 50k

01 Jun 2012 13:23:59
Southend have rejected bids from 2 unnamed League One clubs for winger Ryan Hall.(8)(5)One of them RotherhamRotherham aren't a league 1 club

01 Jun 2012 13:23:03
Sean Thornton in talks with shrewsbury over a possible return(2)(7)He's not very goodHes very good loved him at safcPast itNo chance he's past and struggles to make a impact in a poor standard Welsh Premier league

01 Jun 2012 12:59:31
West Brom speaking to Chelsea about the possible loan of Romelu Lukaku and one other squad player for next season(15)(7)He's all ready on his way to Stoke pal so it will be a pointless loan attempt!Not a chance you need to sort out a manager first

01 Jun 2012 12:31:26
not a rumour but championship has been voted to have 7 subs again next season(22)(6)Its all leagues not just the championshipGood move, should never have been changed in the first place.Not surprised tbh

01 Jun 2012 12:39:54
According to the South London Press, Charlton are looking at signing West Brom's out-of-contract midfielder Keith Andrews, although they could lose out to Celtic who are already speaking to him and can offer Champions League football.(8)(9)Champions league football qualifiers mate and they have no chance RANGERS FANKEITH ANDREWS is currently at Hillsborugh talking to Dave JonesNo he isn't talking to Wednesday!Yes but the Championship is a higher level than the SPL and Celtic won't quality for the champions league.

I can SCP persuading him to come to the Valley.^^ No he is not!He's on international duty..Actually he is on his holidays, so no he is not at any of those places.Championship is not better than the SPL. The SPL has poor sides, yes, but Celtic are strong than a lot of EPL teams. Hooper walked it in the Championship with a side that got relegated and score more goals than Andy Carroll. Lmao!

Hooper will not be gogin anywhere and neither will Ledley. Celtic are not in a position where they need to sell players. The only way they'll sell is if they get huge offers. The only first team player I see being sold would be Ki. He's surplus to requirements right now.

I also suggest that you read up on what teams Celtic have to play to qualify for the CL. We'll get through no problem. We beat beat Rennes and drew with Udinese twice in the Europa League last season and they're higher quality opposition. We were robbed against Udinese at home but such is life. Worth mentioning that Udinese completely out-played Arsenal last season as well.

So, stop being ignorant. Your EPL isn't as good as you think..."Champions League football." Four games at most!If Septic were in the Championship they would struggle FACT!You said it your self now rangers have gone bankrupt it has become a one team league. BORING! If you put any championship team in there even league one then they would be challenging Celtic at the.Wait, a player who was a success in a relegated English Championship team going the Celtic means that the EPL isn't as good as we think?

Enjoy picking off weak players and being mega excited that they are a success in a poor league. Celtic are a mud-table Championship side at bestStoke finished behind Albion last season so why would he join a smaller club?Let's be honest , Celtic are MADE to look good from the awful teams in their league!Haha we will just see if celtic dont get into the cl then. Considering we are seeded for both qualifiers meaning we could draw against teams such as linfield.. So let me correct you celtic will get into the clMaybe they will, but they will be out just as quick,they would struggle in our championship,never mind premier

01 Jun 2012 12:38:13
West brom to sign Ben foster , matt jarvis and blackburns Olson as replacements for Jonas Olson and graham Dorrans. Also looking into snapping up grant holt for a fee of around 7.7 million to replace odemwingie who is off to stoke for a fee of 5million(5)(23)Matt jarvis has to much intrest from bigger clubs...and same for olson from blackburn ..and the same for grant holt i cant see the baggies pulling off any of these even more so with out a manager ..ii can see odemwingie going stoke thoHolt for 7.7Million? Nobody would pay that much for him.So managerless West Brom are signing these players?2 mil tops for holt, still too much
foster isnt going to wba, brum wont let him sign permanently for themWhy does everyone insist WBA will not buy without a manager. The set up at the club is very different and the TD is heavily involved in player ins and outs. Must admit, however, that the club are too slow when it comes to buying players and they end up missing out - Ben Foster may be a prime example.Why would odemwingie want to leave for stoke when he has already said that he wants to leave to a club who are challenging for trophies. stoke are no where near winning trophies there a poor team who only know how to play long ball. so even if odemwingie did join them he would not fit there style of play.Ahhhh, Stoke we're with Man U and Man C in the Europa i.e challenging, and met Man C in last years cup final, ? ahh "not challening for trophies"?? a stronger attack will suffice and please, please all this "stoke only do the long ball, rugby stuff" is irrelevant, they are still in the premiere league and played a load of games outside the league, i.e. were challenging for trophies. nuf said, maybe a load of envy for such a so called poor side.Haha stoke got in the Europa league cause they lost the cup, then apsolutely failed in europe this year and every other cup including the prem.So stoke making it to the last 32 in europe and not lossing to the top 6 teams at home in the league is a fail get real( and i am guess u support one of the big four team)Last 32 of Europa league, quarter finals of carling and fa cup, never in danger of relegation. Not a bad season for Stoke really. Certainly better than most teams outside of the top 6Stoke are a terrible team deserve to go down the way they play. They just encourage kids to play long ball. Maybe they should take a leaf out of the might WBA book and actually pass the ball not just hit and hope. Oh and Stoke will never ever win any of the domestic or European cups angain in my lifetime And I am 14I think we guessed you were 14.Stoke City one trophy in nearly 140 years, also ransWest brom we always beat west brom! Well usually.

01 Jun 2012 12:35:05
Arsenal prepared to let both kosicelny and jenkinson (dissapointing this year) to try and get dortumunds neven subotic and manchester city's out of favour boyata(3)(21)How has Kosicenly disappointed?Are you stupid? Koscielny has had a great year!Koscielny! Been poor? He's been our best defender this season. Jenks is still young, and considering he couldn't even break into a league 1 team last year, I think he's been brilliant.

Ben X.Rubbish. Kosicelny had a solid season, was one of the better defensive players. Jenkinson is young and going nowhere. Why do you feel the need to make up lies and post them?What Koscielny have you been watching? He's been great all season and scored the goal that got us into the champions league with an aerial back-heel.Koscielny who was our best player this season behind Van Persie? Really?Kosecilney was great this year...

01 Jun 2012 12:33:47
Southampton should know tonight if they will sign jay rodriguez after it is rumoured that there will be a deadline for personal terms.(14)(8)Weve told you Jay Rodriguez 'he's one of our own' .. would only move to an established club such as Everton/VillaVilla are just as precarious as southampton and everton have to sell to buy. Jay rod will only not come if he wants to earn more than lambert who will remain the top earner at the clubHe wont be "One of your own" for much longer! Saints deal is close, Burnley fans need to let goDoubt it, he's not back from Mexico until next week and Southampton want to sign him, so why would they be unhelpful and put a rash, urgent deadline for Rodriguez to stick to?

This transfer has been 12months in the making, we won't rush now. And it's not like lots of offers of £7million are going to come in over the weekend. And we fail to sign him, we still have the entirety of the transfer window to sign someone elseStop lying mateThe deadline was put in place to stop Jay's agent stringing us along whilst he whores him out to Villa and Newcastle.

If he hasn't made a decision by tonight, Saints will turn their attention elsewhere.

Cortese won't be taken for a ride.They would not put a deadline on personal terms when hes on holiday! hes back next week.To the person who said saints were not an established team - we have been about since 1885 and we were one of the original premier league teams. I am sick of all these posts treating saints like the new boys. Let's remember that just because we spent a few seasons out of the top league we are beginners. I can think of a team that went down to league 1 in recent times and are now prem champions. Anything is possible.We need a keeper and in my view Foster is the 2nd best English keeper, he'd be in the Euro squad if he wouldnt have retired... I cant see him being available - but he'd be a great signing if we could sign him..Foster was only on loan at West Brom from Birmingham, and as Birmingham didn't come up they might want to get rid of him. Also, with Hodgson having left West Brom he might not be wanted by any new manager. Would be a quality signing in my view

01 Jun 2012 12:31:30
Blackburn looking to sign rangers steve Davis for 500,000 they will follow this up with other championship standard players to ensure they don't go into free fall(3)(3)Steve davis the snooker player? thats about right for blackburn lollolololIts been confirmed his minimum release clause is 1.65 millionSteve davis championship standerd DO watch more footballSo you are saying they are happy to stay in championship,or are you a celtic fan talking crap.

01 Jun 2012 12:20:10
Talks between Alex Bruce and Cheltenham Town have broken down due to the defenders high wage demands.
Yates had earmarked the ex-Leeds defender as his main target, stating the ambition of the club that narrowly missed out on promotion.
Yates is also thought to be in talks with Izale McLeod whilst a lot of talk has picked up about Yates taking Nathaniel Jarvis on loan from Cardiff.
The 20-year old spent time on loan at Newport County last season netting 6 goals in a total of 31 appearances.(0)(9)

01 Jun 2012 12:16:14
according to sky sports neil lennon is being lined up and sky sports said that malkey will have a smaller budget at norwich than cardiff will if the new cardiff kit proposal ges through(8)(9)Irrelevant, Norwich have a better team in most positions and it would take most of Cardiff's budget to get up to that standardFor one, I doubt Norwich will have a smaller budget, but even if they did, doesn't take away the fact that it's championship vs Premier league.Yea relegation battle vs promotion battleI think Steve bruce will go to norwich because he free right now and they will not have to pay a release clause for him unlike malkey mackayNorwich's team is not that much better than cardiff the only reason for the difference is paul lambert who is not there anymoreYou say that like its fact. its an opinion and as far as i remember Lambert wasnt strapping his boots on last season. club is always bigger than the manager. PLUS are you saying Malkay isnt good enough to get the same results with the same squad? oh well mayb its best he stays put

01 Jun 2012 12:10:54
Gary Warren of Newport county is again a target of Mark Yates.
Cheltenham recently lost the race for 25-year old Irish striker Sam Foley who was Warrens team-mate for the past 2 seasons.
Warren was the subject of a failed bid from The Rubies last season, but with The Exiles narrowly avoiding relegation it is thought that the Newport captain would accept the move this term.(1)(1)

Doubt..hope it doesn't come off(5)(6)Well since a) he commands regular first team football at chelsea and b) teams such as barcelona have expressed interest, I doubt the napoletane will get him

01 Jun 2012 12:03:08
Arsenal will have to move fast if they want to sign Montpellier defender Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa after reports in France claim Napoli are in pole position to clinch his signature.(8)(0)

01 Jun 2012 12:02:35
all the PNE fans talking complete BS about roberts, bostwick and wilson. no stevenage player is being sold unless 'crazy money' is offered. Lairs, the mouse and byrom all declined new contratcs(5)(0)Its not pne fans that are saying this stuffCompletely agree with you mate.Cant blame players for jumping ship at small time Stevenage to join a club with an ambition to win the leagueWell, if they want to jump ship, so be it. Pne may have history. But stevenage is an ambitious club with with fans with heart. If they can keep a good amount of players of the original squad and add good quality. Then we be fighting for the L1 title.How can you say we are small time back to back promotions and then made the playoffs?

what have you done over the last two years? almost got relegated twice fantastic good job big time lolPNE will be lucky to get the same crowd as Stevenage next season as they have lost over 60% of season ticket holders....part time fans waiting for matches where PNE charge just £1 to get people through the doorsPne would get a better attendence than stevenage even if they were in the conference you average 4k for goodness sake.

01 Jun 2012 11:56:17
Huddersfield Town are expected to announce the signing of Kyle Lafferty from Glasgow Rangers today. Active clauses of 575k has been met to secure his release.
Dale Jennings is also in talks ( just been released by Bayern Munich).
Greg Halford is also another probabable arrivee next week -out of contract available on a free.
One other out of contract name to be targeted is rumoured to be Ferrie Bodde formally of Swansea City.(7)(13)Ferrie Bodde is still under contract with Swansea and has not played for Swansea for at least three years due to serious knee injuries. He is still awaiting news on his latest injury as to whether he needs surgery etc. Don't think he will be playing for some time so dream on for that one.Where gave you heard this?Lafferty gets married todayBodde has officially released by Swansea today, he's available on a free transferJennings has not been released by BMLafferty replacing rhodes who's on his way to readingFerrie has today been released by Swansea according to the sky sports website, I'm a swans fan and was a huge fan of him up until his injury problems, he's a great player but in all honesty he'd be lucky to play again after all his injuries .Rhodes isn't going to reading. Why would he when he want first team football which he won't definitely get in the prem?If they got Halford when we was at the blades he was an ideal pplayer in the championship

01 Jun 2012 11:56:01
Nigel Adkins is interested in signing young, British talent hungry to prove themselves in the top flight. Interesting its British and not English, maybe suggesting he's currently in for a Scot/Welshman.

J Rod is almost done I hear
Once is talked about but perhaps Adkins wants Scotland internationally matt Phillips?
Alex Smithies is someone I want to see at the club, ling term Davis replacement and cup keeper.
Perhaps dorrans (Scottish) or Davis ( n Irish) of rangers, both good players.
A centre back and right back would then be enough, preferably the centre back to have premier league experience.(9)(5)Must be Gareth Bale-Welsh!We will sign ince/phillips for sure with punch going the other way as a sweetener. A bigish signing from the continent is required still as every year cortese has signed one from his contacts- N'diaye , guly then de ridder. Love to get Honda to play with lee but thats a tad ambitious. Maybe Kjaer as he was on lona at roma but they dont seem to want him? Id love us to slap 5 mill for butland as I see him challenging Hart for the number 1 jersey in 3-4 years. for purely entertainment i would love to get frimpong in when hes back from injury !

01 Jun 2012 11:55:03
Bolton, Burnley and Peterborough after Darren O'Dea after a unhappy spell at celtic(9)(0)He was rubbish at leeds all season, the only good thing he did was score that goal against peteborough.Be good for bolton then

01 Jun 2012 11:47:25
Any news on Ronnie Henry? who's he off to?(3)(3)

01 Jun 2012 11:46:51
GRANT HOLT TO VILLA. he just tweeted 'i have loved my 3 years at the club and it sadness me to right this but want use to here it from me first #lovedmytime'(10)(9)But he didnt tweet he wanted go villa lmaoYeah he loves you so much that's why his off bye bye premEveryone is going to villa then, this story is so untrue its unreal

01 Jun 2012 11:41:56
Middlesbrough captain Matthew Bates is being looked at by Wolves and Wigan for around 1 million.(6)(7)This is bull, here is why..

He was injured from the end of march, with a serious knee injury, effectively ruling him out for 6 months, no club is going to bid on a player with an injury like that.His contract is up and he is undergoing treatment after doing his cruciate for the 5th time.Why would anyone buy an injured player?

Ben X.If hes going anywhere he's going on a pay as u play plus he's out of contract and injured why would Wigan want him. Quality player injured too oftenBecause its Middlesbrough the manager signs players of they're injured all the time.Wolves bought Hunt while he was long term injured.I doubt we are in for bates though.

01 Jun 2012 11:28:05
joe lennox has been targeted by rivals exeter city. and simon king is making plans with the family on wether the offered move to plymouth is sutible for them.(0)(3)Joe Lennox signed a new deal, so they are wasting time!Lennox has signed a new short term contract with Plymouth so we will not be moving anywhere else.Why would he go to them when we are a bigger club and have better facilities and he just signed a new contract so that's bullste

01 Jun 2012 11:19:30
From reliable Arsenal source- Arsenal are only likely to spend 8 million on top of what they sell- inside info(4)(13)

01 Jun 2012 11:13:35
Oxford United are interested in Ronnie Henry, Jon Shaw, and Ben Strevens. Shaw is their preference but face strong competition for his signature from around 6/7 clubs including Luton, York, Hartlepool, Northampton and Fleetwood.

Oxford are thought to be willing to sell star striker James Constable, but Constable is happy at Oxford and is not keen to leave to the club.

Adam Chapman could be on his way out of Oxford United. Shrewsbury Town are interested in him, and have offered a better deal, but Chapman is happy at the Kassam Stadium, so still has a tough decision to make. Oxford are unlikely to improve their offer though.

Other players on Oxford's radar are midfielders Matt Oakley and Michael Flynn.(4)(4)Constable is not happy at Oxford not after the way the oxford fans treated him after the club game him permission to talk to swindon in the january window as he received threats from oxford fans and his game went down hill until the end of the season. He will go to Rovers or Northampton during the summer and expect a few other departures. Oxford seem to be happy as a L2 team with no ambition to go higher as they havent got the funds. Crowds will reduce this season as the fans dont see Wilder as the manager to take them forward. After all the stick they gave Swindon fans about appointing Paolo and saying he was going to fail well who's laughing now Oxford fans.
Mediocre season for you Yellows next season.The Swindon fan above is lies. If you read Constable's tweets and if you have a brain (hard for a scummer) it clearly shows he loves the club. Hence the reason why he put he has no plans for leaving.. Hardly ambitious for him if he is joining another league 2 club. Should make sure your rumours are 100% correct.. Instead of making it up for fun.Why lie? Constable is very happy at Oxford!!Nice to know how obsessed Swindon fans are with us! Thanks for the breathtaking rumoursIts really hard to see why Swindon Fans have so much interest in us. Get over it, Beano did not want to sign for you, full stop. He was not a target of abuse or threats by fans, in fact the opposite. Its really good to hear you have an interest in our funds - I'd be very conscious of your funds and at any time your sugar daddy's could pull the plug. We dont have that luxury, thank goodness. We cannot afford big wages or big fee's but we also manage our money. The cap comes in next year - ooops! Could be painful for your lot. COME ON YOU YELLOWSSince when have rumours got to 100% correct there would hardly be a site if that was the case numpty!

01 Jun 2012 11:12:50
sol bamba off to trapazoner turkey 800k(9)(2)Thats a real shame, lets all remember those heart in mouth moments when he dribbled his way off our goal line instead of finding row z! sol is a legend be sad if he went, played footie with a smile on his face, a scots accent in his mouth and a ball 'sometimes' attached to his foot/head happy days

01 Jun 2012 11:12:47
Talk on Twitter of Southampton being interested in Ben Foster, it would be a great move
if it is true.(16)(7)From who.. you know any one to follow for good rumoursNot really he is very inconsiestantThe talk is true, he would be a bloody good signing for us if it comes true, but davis can cut it in the prem if im honestCan't believe people are knocking Foster?! Did you actually watch any prem football last season? He had a couple of ropey seasons in the past but he is England's No.2 if he hadn't retired. Great keeper last season. He'd be a great signing but I can't see him leaving Baggies to join us.

01 Jun 2012 11:11:09
Killie try sign David Healy from Rangers

Ex-St Mirren player Jeroen Tesselaer has been offered a deal by Kilmarnock,(4)(2)Healy on ten grand a week has killie got a euro millions winner as a fan hope so but not him please ktid

01 Jun 2012 11:09:51
Grant Holt has expressed his desire to leave Norwich City due to disagreements.

Source Grant Holt official twitter @holty30

His tweets are as follows

"Just to stop the rumour mill again. I have expressed to the board and the CEO that I want to leave the football club. Due to disagreements"

Followed by

"I have loved my 3 years at the club and it sadness me to right this but want use to here it from me first. #lovedmytime"

I think a few strikers/wingers we should look at are

Jordan Rhodes
Gary Hooper
Scott Sinclair

But lets get our new manager sorted first Celtic will reject any approach that Norwich make for Neil Lennon.(7)(5)That's a non-starter anyway, Lennon will not leave Celtic. Doubt he ever would leave willinglyGet a grip none of those players would look at your club lol!!!!!! Championship football next year!!!!No way hooper would go to norwichNorwich will never get any of those 3!Can't see Norwich getting any of them either. Will struggle to stay up next season for sureRhodes - No chance

Hooper Sinclair - Maybe

Not a lot of money in the pot though, so maybe Heskey on a free?We were favourites to go down last season... Don't write us offRhodes - Big price tag.

Sinclair - Sideways/Downwards move. Will go to Liverpool to join up with Rodgers.

Hooper - Massive price tag. Southampton had £8m rejected. Norwich not prepared to pay over £5m for a player as they bid to clear debts.People are very disillusioned about Norwich right now. Norwich have been given an est 20 for the transfer window. Both Lambert and the Norwich board have stated his leaving is nothing to do with a lack of transfer budgets. lets keep the end of season predictions to ourselves before christmas, same thing happened last year and everyone looked a little sillyLet's hope he can correct his "writing" skills before he signs a new contract.

01 Jun 2012 11:06:07
Southampton FC:

Nigel Adkins has been working on a deal to bring Damien Duff to St Marys on a free from Fulham(6)(15)Nope, not true.Well he's going to struggle, because he's not out of contract.Whats bad about daien duff i know weir not getting him but could solve our right wing problem

01 Jun 2012 11:04:48
Time to sweat saints fans as Paul Lambert is a massive fan of Jay Rod.(6)(13)Time to sweat haha, done be stupid Nigel Adkins has been trying to get him since last summerWe only want players who have the same desire for the club to succeed as we do. If he doesn't want to come here we will get someone else........and who says Villa have loads of money anyway.Villa would be a better destination for Jay RodJay Rod would be better off joining Saints! They will help with his development more. However I dont see why "Its time to sweat Saints fans"....If he joins great, if he doesnt they will move onto the next target. Saints fans wont lose any sleep over it...Stupid comment.With a £7 mill price tag, that won't phase villaOld saying plenty more fish in the sea if he chooses to go else where if his hearts not there for the saints and 7 million a lot of money to spend on someone unproven but hey saints premiership club and a few people on here a bit jealous

01 Jun 2012 10:55:22
Reading after Martin Kelly from Liverpool and pilkington from norwich(8)(16)Both first team players and have at least 2 years on contract and would take double their transfer market to even tempt their clubs.Especially Kelly who is
an england International,Loves and supports Liverpool and is young.Whether you do have a rich owner now.You can pay all the money world for a player buts its whether they want to leave aswellRight like Pilkington would leave us to go to Reading utter rubbish why would he leave to go to a smaller newly promoted club.because you've lost your manager, your top scorer ...and you are going dooooowwwwnnnnn next season..!Pilks is going nowhereGood, give us the motivation, make us the underdogs, we will prove you wrong again and again, we will stay up, we will improve and you will again look less than intelligent when it comes to footballMartin Kelly is going to be a loan deal. Pilkington wont be leaving Norwich because despite us being significantly richer than Norwich, it is still a sidewards step. I hope Norwich stay up next season, but dont go hating on Reading cause we have alot of money now.... Jealousy is pathetic.Reading more likely to go down than Norwich I'm afraid, and you won't take Kelly.Not hating Reading because of being rich, hating teams that get players by paying too much which forces other teams to raise their wages to compete resulting in higher ticket prices and massive debtsWe might have wealth, but we've vowed that we wont be spending unsustainably and we wont break our wage structure so we probably wont sign anyone demanding over 30k a week. But I can see us making a few big transfer fee signings perhaps upto 6-7 million on young and hungry players who we can sell on for massive profits

01 Jun 2012 10:49:35
BURTON to sign callum belford in exchange for jimmy philips and take atkins and collister on trial to sort the 2 gk positioning(2)(5)He's called cameron!They won take Atkins on trial..A) cause he played all last season B) he's contracted with Derby still and they want him to play games.

01 Jun 2012 10:43:53
Reading monitoring the situation of out of favor Juventus winger Milos Krasic. Liverpool also interested(8)(17)I think Reading have over taken Leeds and Southampton as the most ridiculous fans on here. Why on earth would Krasic sign for Reading!?Won't go to you're tiny club readingNot. A. Chance.Not a chance!I'm a reading fan even I laughed at this one â€¦ there getting worse

01 Jun 2012 10:37:50
Tony Pulis at Stoke City, has been told to shore up his ageing squad. Some of Stokes older players will be moved on or released, and fresh young talent will be introduced so Pulis can get a solid base of players for coming seasons.

Targets:-

Matt Jarvis- Wolves (bid is imminent)

Stephen N'Zonzi - Blackburn (price needs to be lowered)

Jermain Defoe - Spurs (Pulis knows him and Crouch have played together for seasons, and scored many between them, it's a case of tried and tested for Pulis here)

Hugo Rodellega - Wigan (Pulis has always paid interest into the striker, and sees him as the ideal replacement to Fuller)(9)(9)Matt Jarvis looks nailed on to come, however Wolves won't budge from the £10M they want Stoke will offer £7.5M at most! Also Defoe looks like another one your right with here, have heard Asamoah Gyan's name thrown around a few timesCan't see defoe and rodellega coming (if any) as it would mean 1 of them would be a bench warmer and I really can't see either willing to do that and Pulis would never EVER play 4-3-3. Also think Jarvis will be coming later rather than earlier in the window as it still seems the price issue is at loggerheads. Just my opinion.I hope what you say is trueJarvis is not nailed on n wolves want business done early so we can get players inCan only see jarvis leaving for anything under 10 million if a transfer request is handed in, 7.5 million is wishful thinking...Jarvis and Defoe? Do me a favour. They are too small for Stoke and would not want to spend the season chasing long balls and looking up into the air all the time. Why is it that Pulis is never linked with any of the managerial vacancies I wonder?I can see the Jarvis deal being done on deadline day. Most deals are done on then because thats when most players are available at cheeper prices. No way is Jarvis worth 10 million and Stoke should definatly not pay that, he's worth about 6 million max.Wolves will not sell for that£10 million for Jarvis? I think not. He'll be at Stoke in the next few weeks for no more than £6 million. He will want to stay in the premier league and go to a bigger club than wolves. :-)~If he is looking for a bigger club than Wolves then that certainly aint Stoke, see above one trophy in how many years.The only cups in the potteries are the ones they make themselvesIf i can remember correctly pulis was offered the wales job and turned it down to stay at stoke because of what the club have done for him and plus if pulis went to a big team with big player they would win every cup going becasue teams would be out powered in evey sence

01 Jun 2012 10:28:30
Ferry going to Sheffield United.
Also there interested in caddis,is only a rumour yet could be possible(7)(6)Sheffield united after dave kitsonCaddis just signed a new contract and they all want to play for Paolo.

Second season syndrone under Danny Wilson will see Sheff Utd have a non existent season. He's done it at every club he's been at and expect the same Sheff utd fans.

No way will Caddis go there and i expect Ferry to stay as well.Incorrect, it's a myth that his 2nd season is full of fail.

01 Jun 2012 10:13:44
Freddy Eastwood to Scunthorpe United - Tweeted the other day that he has been in Scunthorpe.(10)(7)

01 Jun 2012 10:04:21
Bury FC have been given the green light to discuss a transfer of Burton Striker Marc Newsham.

Bury face competition from Rotherham,Crewe, and Scunthorpe for the highly regarded poacher.

Jason Lee is said to prefer a more long ball fashion this term which will not suit young (25) Newsham.

A fee of 40k is being mentioned with add ons.(3)(5)Boston, not BurtonDon't you mean Boston?He's from boston and he has just agreed a new contractHe is ex Rotherham and there is no way Rotherham would be interested in having him back. Rotherham`s main forward target still remains as Matt Tubbs.Apologies.
I posted the text as i received it.
I have never heard of the player.

01 Jun 2012 10:03:49
Albert Adomah is in talks with Southampton
following a 2 million + a further 800,000
in add ons.(14)(17)City want 3 million for him!Most would disagree with me but this would be a good signing if we couldn't get ince from blackpoolAnother skate making up rumours i pressume lolThats quite exciting,hes a good young player we could realisticaly sign. Not for 2mill thoughI'd rather my fat lazy ass playing for saints than that useless mercenaryBristol City's best player over the two matches they played us. And they beat us on both counts.

Wouldn't say no, but would be concerned about making the step up to the prem, he's not that young (24 I think?) and not exactly a regular international (couple of caps for Ghana). I'd be tempted if we could get him cheap, maybe £2million plus an extra 0.5mill if we stay up.Admoah is quality he ripped fox down st marys i would take him but only for 2 million none of that add onsWho didnt? home and awayAdomah or Lallana it ain't difficult Lallana is so much betterMate, it's not a question of "Adomah or Lallana"... we can't rely on Lallana to play every minute, we need squad depth and players who will step up.

01 Jun 2012 10:00:37
DavId Whelan of Wigan Athletic is in talks with Bury FC regarding their development squads availability over half and season long periods.

Martinez has vowed his commitment but understands they need to develop players for the future.
Martinez has Targetted Garry Flitcroft as the man to replace Jones if the welshman joins swansea as expected.

Bury have recently reformed their development program and would be open to Wigan offering returning injured players into their matchday squads.

If this does not happen this season, expect the discussions to contiune.(5)(1)Greame jones is from Newcastle, not Wales :)If this were true big mouth media star Whelan would already have told you. He just can't keep a secretApologies again.
I posted this from a message i received.
I shall check the finer detail before future posts.
Garry Flitcroft is interesting clubs as an assistant.

01 Jun 2012 09:58:44
Greame Jones favourite and likely to be new Swansea manager, a relief for us Blackpool fans!(10)(3)And brighton fansSorry guys but rumours are jones has rejects the offer

01 Jun 2012 09:53:25
Scott Carson back to the baggies.. lol no! But how about Lukaku on loan? Especially with Hulk going to Chelsea(3)(9)

01 Jun 2012 09:49:54
Rukavytsya to Reading for undisclosed fee(5)(7)You won't get any decent players just a little clubIs this why we got promotion as Champions then when we have got no decent players? We are a club on the up ... we will be in Europe in three years time.Just a little club.. amazed how hated a well run club has become just because it's got new moneyWell I think he'd rather be playing in the Premiership than in the Bundesliga 2 with HerthaEurope in 3 years time? Doubt itvery much, what bugs me is how big headed Reading fans are, especially after this takeover.Reading are the smallest club ever to be in the prem even Wigan and fulham are bigger WBA loyalLoool wigan are not bigger! not big headed just optimistic..your be the ones crying when small little reading beat you next season..URZWBA is smaller than ReadingSmall club coming from wba fan crap gruond and little money Reading r a much bigger club alreadySo we have a manager in the top 10 in england, a whole load of new money and our east stand is going to have the most capacity for a single stand in the whole of europe, real small club isnt it??As I Reding fan I agree. The recent takeover has gone to a few heads. Reading will not spend more than 4-5 million on a player. Neither will they spend more than 25-30k a week at a push. Just because we have rich backing doesnt mean the clubs ethos will change over night. Free signings will be Readings plan meaning they can pay more on salaries.Right so if Reading are the smallest club in the Premiership. How come are stadium isnt the smallest ?? Also, our stadium will hold more than White Hart Lane provided we survive this season. We are in a large catchment area with no significant rivals. The economical state of Reading is on the up and with the new owners now in we are richer than the majority of clubs in the EPL... The fact that we have done little in the past means nothing, its the past for a reason. Aren't Leeds supposedly a big club, but look at them. The fact that you hate on Reading is pathetic people. Grow up, get a pair of balls and get on with supporting your own teams which im guessing are going nowhere in the future due to lack of ambition, lack of funds and a lack of decent football loving fans.Not optimistic...Its big headedness from some Reading fans, thinking now you have all this new money you will sign all these unrealistic players with ease....Thing is majority of that money is assets and businesses, your not going to have millions and millions spent on buying players.. Need to get realI like how many people are hating on Reading for being optimistic. Don't try and act like this sort of thing doesn't happen. Stoke were a championship side only 4 years ago, yet no-one would call someone crazy for thinking they could get into Europe next season. What you're also forgetting is that Reading were only a point short of getting into Europe in their debut season 5 years ago, WITHOUT any excessive signings or cash injections. Looking very much forward to see critics silenced next season by Reading.I wouldnt say optimistic, the players Reading fans are saying they are going to sign is ridiculous!

01 Jun 2012 09:49:39
John Brayford is said to Pleased that
he is getting Noticed by Big Clubs
such as Stoke and Aston Villa.
But He is Commited to Derby County.(11)(4)Would love to see Brayford at Stoke. However much respect if he does stay loyal to his contract if prem teams come knockin, especially Stoke who he supports. Bigger wage (I suspect) and playing for the team you support? It'd be hard to turn down.If stoke city do get into offering him a contract he is likely to accept as he is a bit of a stoke fanI must have missed that. When did Stoke become a big club?When they became an established premiership team while Derby struggled in the championshipLol at the guy above, struggling in the championship isn't really finishing in the top half, yes stoke are the bigger club and i admit but you do talk some bs just to get back at some...

01 Jun 2012 09:48:07
Derby County Had Made a Cheeky
Enquiry about Evertons Shane Duffy.
As Many are Aware of Everton's
Having to sell before you can Buy
Policy.I dont whether they will accept
or Not.

But the reason I told you this is
Becuase when they recieved the
Enquiry David Moyes looked at the
Derby Squad and is Very Interested
in Derbys Steve Davies who had
Scored 12 goals in 21 games which is
Very Impressive.The Transfer Listed
Player is from Liverpool But is a
Massive Liverpool Fan but I doubt if
They do make a Suprising move for
him that wouldnt stop him.

When people read this i have to
remind you that derby offered steve
davies a new deal.They want to keep
him but due to family reasons he
needs to relocate near Liverpool.So
I think if they do approach this would
be good for everyone.

Dont just click Unbelievable because
you think hes not good enough
because your wrong hes one of the
best finishers in the league and
with his record this season he has one
of the best Goals to game ratios.(8)(22)Embarrassing rumour.. Totally unbelievable.. He's awful.. A good finisher is Lambert or Beckford.. Davies is a joke...Just wondering is jeff hendrick any good from a ireland fanHes amazing.Hes Improved amazingly.I too am an Ireland fan and will be supporting them in the euros.So as you can Imagine abit gutted about paul green leaving but we have stars of the Future in Jeff Hendrick and Mark o BrienHendrick is class. Been our best player this year and it is his first full seasonJeff Hendrick is very good and steve davies is as good a finisher as lambert... no joke.Davies is a great player and he will work well with better players cus u can see his movement and passing is too good for other players at this level sometimes and hendrick as a solid young talent his passing and ability to hold the ball is top notchEverton will not get rid of Duffy, he's going to be class and they only have 3 other cb'sUtter tripeDuffy is part of Moyes' plans. I expect Distin to retire this season, Duffy could contest for a place.

Steve EFC

01 Jun 2012 09:47:38
leeds takeover to be completed within 10 days
neil warnock will be given 25m warchest for all out automatic finish next season..that is why only 1 signing been made as lack of funds and no point signing ste when youll have access to $$$$ in next 2 weeks(7)(23)We have heard this before i will believe it
when it happens, still think anybody will have a problem getting our ken to move overLol.......... its ok having millions (very much doubt it by the way) but who you gunna spend it on qpr reseves ex crystal palace players?? who is going to go to leeds you would be better off investing in your youth system or give david oleary a ring he knows how to waste millions of poundsThere hasnt been one mention of a takeover. just that bates is taking to investors big differenceBig war chest is not a guarantee to success re Ipswich, Leicester etc. Southampton, Norwich went up on their existing squads, money will not build you a team.

One of the issues is clubs know you have money so you get quoted inflated prices and lets face it the sort of player your'e thinking of at that money will go to premier league.
Unfortunately Like Ipswich,Leicester and all Leeds are not a big any club more.No he hasnt hes been told hes got to sell b4 he can buy to raise fundsAll a load of drivel, it is a takeover , we will buy big and be in premier as soon as,and leeds are still a massive club ,always will be ,no comparison with ipswich , leicester , small town clubs.I am a west ham fan but intelligent to realise that leeds utd are easily the biggest club in championship and if they are taken over with unlimited funds then they would get the pick of players.

01 Jun 2012 09:43:41
Ipswich town to sign a goalkeeper before next Friday, news will break of who exactly over the bank holiday weekend! I know this is brief but cannot be to specific!(6)(4)I think Ipswich will need about three goalkeepers all playing at once to keep the goals out next seasonIts Watford Keeper Scott Loach for aprox 700kScott loachWatford fans will be up in arms now you've quoted 750k. They were demanding at least 2 million.Maybe Watford will let us have Loach on the cheap on the basis they owe us one for paying them £1.5m over the odds for Priskin...

01 Jun 2012 09:42:46
heard that arsenal may keep denilson who is returning some loan....(8)(4)

01 Jun 2012 09:39:49
Wenger will stick to policy again of
young French Players by getting

These have all been taken from
the french Tv who Admitted that
there were Arsenal Scouts watching
Frances Friendly(12)(6)Mangala and Sakho are Definate No'sWhen is Wenger going to bring through British talent from inside instead of French? (or buying it from Southampton?). If he wants to manage French talent, why doesnt he go back to France?Scouts and backroom staff are french so why wouldnt they watch france

01 Jun 2012 09:39:26
Does anybody know if watford due to
be taken over i know bas has done
good but rumors are saying he's got
no money and hasnt met any
payments. Can someone clarify
this(1)(1)Your not being taken over . It's Leeds united who will be in 10 days.To the person above you do know it's possible for two clubs to be taken over at the same time by different people?
to my fellow watford fan this is all fabricated rubbish. the watford observer would have reported any interested bidder by now and bassini told them yesterday that 2.5m of the bonds had been paid and that he was working on cancelling the 1m overdraft and the interest on the remaining bondsIts being rumours search kevin affleck on twitter x-watford observer editor close links to watford. Apparently bassini hasnt met the payment to ashcroft and simpson and apparently didnt pay staff last week, so worrying times at watford hopefully someone waiting in the wings to take over , apparently udinese owner expressed interest in us a while ago.According to Kevin Affleck we are being taken overAll Crap by Kevin Affleck who has issues...Staff have been paid ( I should know ! ) Just twitter nonsence.That is true, Bassini will be selling up and there is a potential new owner on the horizon.

01 Jun 2012 09:07:20
Carl Ikeme, Wolves and Paul Smith, forest, both strongly linked to fill Middlesbroughs available goalkeeper position. Both released by their clubs and both have enjoyed successful loan spells at Boro over the last couple of seasons(4)(9)Carl Ikeme not been released by Wolves has 2 yrs left on his contract and will not be leaving due to Henners being out till christmasIkeme hasnt been released from wolves. We only have the two keepers with hennessey out injured so highly unlikely he will leave anyway.Get ikeme, quality keeper UTBHe's out of contract. check out the leagues player availabilty list published this morning. it shows all players out of contract on 1/6/12Well thats wrong n he loves it here he wants the no1 jerseyIts only craddock thats nearly out of contract at the mo..(subject to being offered 1year Extension) so who ever has given you this info is either messing u about or a Baggies Fan... {edsnote}Who ever is saying ikeme is out ov contract is well rong y make lies up iam a boro fan and wud love him back hes class he will get no1 for wolves

01 Jun 2012 09:05:59
Fraud El Alagui from falkirk to Sheff utd(3)(6)

01 Jun 2012 08:34:24
i know this info is quite crap but reading will make a big signing very soon, im not talking about players like Marriapa. dont know who it is myself but ive been told it's a big signing and our record transfer deal will be well beaten.
MrRfc(7)(1)Well our record is not hard to beat 2.5 million but if you're talking about us breaking it by a fairly long way, I hope it's for Gylfi, especially as there are rumours we have matched the Swansea bidWe have made a bid for gylfi, i dont know if he is this player. i think gylfi will go to liverpool but we have 100% made a bid.
MrRfcAny ideas at all MrRFC?!Nicky Hammond has backed this up and hinted about it a week or two ago in the Reading Chronicle.Im not sure but going by other speculation, maybe Defoe but that's just me guessing
MrRfc

01 Jun 2012 08:18:05
Derby County Have Had A £600,000 Bid Rejected For Northampton's Michael Jacob's, Rumour Has It Clough Could Use Mark O'Brien Or James Bailey To Tempt Northampton To Part With Jacobs(1)(11)Both Mark O brien and James Bailey are worth more than Jacobs.

Especially Mark O Brien.Hes one of the best Young Centre Back in Ireland and is Highly Rated by Derby and Nigel Clough
Those first 5 games of the season that we won he started all of them with 4 clean sheets and only letting in 1 goal.He will become the first team centre back.

James Bailey is a good player and still young he is only leaving because hes too good to sit on a bench and there is a better partnership between Hendrick and Bryson.

Teams such as West brom want him dont believe me go to sky sports.co.uk so why would we use James bailey when we could get 750k for him.

This what really annoys me Jacobs plays in League 2 send any of our first team players to the league 2 and they would look world class.Jacobs is untested at this level he is a talented player and instead of Messing teams about should tell Northampton that he is leaving and that they should accept the offer Derby made of 350,000.The tribunal would be 400,000 not the 800,000 people are saying i checked it on the Fa site.

I have seen the Youtube clips and he does look to be good player with a really good long shot.You must remember these are only rumours so don't get so upset what will be will be stay cool Northampton fanThe two deals would be loans not permanentJacobs will cost around 700,000 - 800,000 grand!!! Get your facts right

01 Jun 2012 08:14:33
gary roberts and mike grella now north enders with the possability shefki kuqi coming to deepdale(0)(11)Grella is not signing for pne ,am a pne fan and know its crapSame Gary Roberts who's supposed to be going tp sheff Wed?Getting ready for a long stay in league 1. All the signings you are making are typical league 1 players. In Westley you trust - God help you.Bitter and twisted fans from stevenage ,tranmere,carlise pne dont give a toss wat u lot think wait for the football to start then comment wen pne go upLong stay in League 1? dont think so, Westley has a proven track record of building winning teams and this is exactly what he is doing15th in league 1 and just 3 wins in 20+ games.....may have been OK at Stevenage.....but he's shocking when he's in League 1....soory PNE fans but he hates players and always starts arguments with them. Falls out with everyone at stevenage and were better off without him...thanks for taking Del Boy

01 Jun 2012 08:13:24
Burton Albion to sign Lionel ainsworth after a successful loan spell at the end of last season. Also they are considering a move fir Karl hawley who gas been released by notts county but wages could be a problem. Enoch showunmi is also a possible signing following his release from tranmere rovers.(2)(5)Lionel has agreed a 2 year deal with port vale once the takeover has been completed in the next few days. 100%Hope port vale do sign Ainsworth..he had the heart of a mouse when he was on loan at us.

01 Jun 2012 08:01:30
Chelsea reportedly agree to £38 million fee for Porto striker Hulk(19)(11)Quite possibly the most overrated and over priced player in the world.

01 Jun 2012 07:58:17
Paul Lambert is expected to named as the new Aston Villa manager later today.
Grant Holt is expected to join up with Lambert at Villa Park.
Forming a Holt & Bent partnership.
Lambert will then chase after Junior Hoilett with a promise of first team football to add some pace to the wings.
Lambert will then sell off Warnock & Collins to his good friend Martin O'Neill for a total of £6m.
That £6m will pay for Holt.
£20m will then be available for changing Villa's ageing side.

Villa set to attempt to raid neighbours Birmingham City for Nathan Redmond (valued at around £8.5m)(15)(14)Isnt Nathon redmond a Massive Birmingham fan and would never join
Aston Villa Especially with Bigger clubs interested e.g ChelseaVilla favs to go down this season and no1 will come to villa they couldnt get any1 last season never mind this seasonYes exactly what I thought but look at Craig Gardner (huge blues fan) but signed for Villa's academy instead of Blues's! Question is would Prem game time at a team be better than reserve games with chelsea?He hasn't joined yet but you know who he'll sign and sell!! Impressive

Have to say I fancy Villa to go down as wellWe wont go down are you mad? and redmond is a gunner. but even tho he plays for the st i'd still sign him up,hoilet would love it down the villa and i could see him signing soon. paul lamberts claret and blue army!!

01 Jun 2012 07:57:09
Brentford have put a bid in for Charlton striker Paul Hayes(9)(1)Donaldson is a striker under contract at brentford, cant see bees selling to be honest?They can have him not championship qualityDonaldson is a striker under contract at brentford, cant see bees selling to be honest?
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What does that have to do with Hayes going to Brentford? Your buying someone not selling.Paul Hayes to Brentford has been rumoured for a while - plenty of CAFC fans have heard this one. The rumour that he is off to Wycombe in a part exchange deal for Stuart Beavon is total nonsense.

Leon Clarke is also on his way out of The Valley with Crawley being the most likely destination.What a shame , Leon Clarke was such am influential player at charlton, his striking abilities and goals will be Hugely missed, Leon Clarke is easily a championship playerClarke played only a handful of games for us and didn't really make an impact wont really effect us. He seemed to be quite good at Chesterfield tho.Hayes never got a chance once Kermit arrived, it's a shame becuause I think he did quite well up until then.

01 Jun 2012 07:48:56
Grant Holt is on way to VIlla. Hooper and Lennon would go to Norwich, but why would Lennon move from a champions keague team to a Mid table prem team?(3)(12)Because he will actually have a challenge in the Premiership. The SPL 2012-2013 title is already Celtic's, how boring eh?Hooper would not join Norwich either!Maybe because it's not a mickey mouse league like the SPL, you'll be out of the champions league before Xmas anywayHolt has twittered he wants to leave the club after 3 years, sad what is going on behind the scenes?And Norwich is a Mickey Mouse club who will be back in the championship next year!

You wonder why everyone hates the English! Your arrogance is truly astounding!As someone previously mentioned, the top team in the welsh league also gets in the champions league, and they actually have competition to get there!, spl shouldnt be allowed to compete in champions league anymore, another position should go to the bpl... plus i believ norwich beat celtic fairly recently, and before you start harping on a bout a reserve team, hooper definately played and the way you talk about him makes you think he is better than messi!Because the premier league is a better league then the spl, its the best league in the world.Because mid table in the prem is still a higher standard that Scottish football which is a complete waste of time and like being in League 1, it is a joke!Is it not better to play in a mickey mouse league rather than a mickey mouse team ???Norwich are not a mid table prem team. Second Season Syndrome will be seen yet again

01 Jun 2012 07:41:10
Dont this will happen with the injury problems Arsenal always have. Espicially at the back(2)(1)

01 Jun 2012 07:24:22
Boro to sign tomasz kuszackz (sorry about the spelling) on a free from man utd.(4)(6)

01 Jun 2012 07:16:42
West Ham have had a 3 million bid accepted for a striker. Do not know who it is but possibilities include:
1) Yakubu (likely)
2) Grant Holt (unlikely)
3) Nile Ranger (unlikely)
4) Nickolas Bedntner (unlikely)
5) Wilferd Zaha (very very unlikely)

I have no idea who it will be but Yakubu seems most likely but it could be anyone.

190298(12)(16)Why pay £3m for a striker that's got a £1m release clause in contract...but guess Sam likes paying over inflated prices for players...enter MaynardYakubu is going to China on £100K a week wages...Definatly not Zaha or Ranger, They're not worth 3mDavies - BoltonYakubu has said he wants to stay in the Premier League

190298Nile Ranger - good fit for whuCould be Kevin Doyle?

01 Jun 2012 07:09:32
Reading chasing former player Kevin Doyle(11)(20)No were not doyle is not prem standard and doesnt want to ruin his legend statusNot seen his public admittance he'll never come back?Doyle has already said he doesn't want to come backHe has already said he doesnt want to come back to the club

01 Jun 2012 07:03:52
Michael Jacobs has agreed to join Peterborough from Northampton(4)(20)Already signed with derbyHaha dream on.That will never happen

01 Jun 2012 07:00:41
Peterborough have bid £500k for Barnsley goalkeeper Luke Steele who cam through the Posh youth set up.(8)(12)This is true, he is a local lad and is prepared to move back to usNowhere near enough could buy his left legIt would take alot more than that for a keeper who is 1 of the best outside the prem!!500k is more than reasonable for a barnsley playerWhy would the best keeper in the championship move to peterborough???250k is most any of your lot worth ? and we bet you home & awayIf Barnsley let Steele go for 500k there is something wrong somewhereYou lot cant afford 5 bob an it will take more than haif a million for luke steeleYou clearly all know nothing about football, just because he plays for barnsley doesnt mean he's not worth money, look at vaz te, west ham wouldn't have got promoted if it wasn't for him and luke has already said he wants to become a reds legend and is happy up north

01 Jun 2012 06:58:49
Pauol Gazzaniga is to complete his move from Gillingham to Peterborough(5)(9)Hes going to ipswich!

01 Jun 2012 06:50:07
Gylfi Sigurdsson delaying talks with Swansea, as Liverpool or former club Reading join the race for his signature. Reading is believed to be the preferred option, however big money from Liverpool may sway the decision. Swansea now looking the least likely to get their man.(20)(11)He would join Liverpool.Liverpool the destinationPlease read the official swansea website. Gylfi is still coming to the mighty swansHuw Jenkins is quoted on the BBC website as saying the deal agreed, but nothing is signed. Therefore nothing is certain and if your honest Rogers was a huge factor in him coming to Swansea so this is in some doubt now. Liverpool if interested then Reading are probably preferable to the Swans.No player will ever go to a new club without a manager so until you get a new one, IT AINT GUNNA HAPPEN!No player? So who was Hazard singed for? do they have a manager?But Swansea aren't going to offer the Sig the ridiculous wages Hazard is getting are they? A player will join for a manager-less club, IF they are paid enough. Swansea arent in that position.Yes but Abramovich runs chelsea like he's the manager with the manager being an actual team coach. Swansea are different from Chelsea, their manager makes all the signings and decisions {Ed001's Note - Roman does no such thing, he does not manage the team or choose the players, it is just a myth.}

01 Jun 2012 06:44:33
Ian Holloway will meet Peter Lovenkrands this weekend for talks about him joining Blackpool after. He failed to be awarded a new contract at Newcastle following a Knee injury(9)(8)Not a bpool fan but they wont nosedive and are one of the only financially secure clubs about think they will do ok next year if they keep most of the talent they have as for saints yeh big crowd,good stadium but you lot are so up your own ....... so until you are established in the prem keep it shut.

01 Jun 2012 05:59:43
I've been told that Ryan Nelson will join Ipswich on a 2 year deal and become club captain.
Reliable NZ source(7)(14)No thats not correct i know that for defo sorry mate but your wrong

01 Jun 2012 04:50:06
This is all speculation, as is everything else that is going on at the moment.
As the story is going right now. Villa are trying to skip out on any compensation due to Norwich due to Lambs rolling year contract, eventually Villa will have to cough up something.
Ian Culverhouse is very interested in becoming the head manager and stepping up, and as far as it seems isn't interested in relocating to stay with Lambert. However it's likely the board won't be fond of the move as it's a big step up. Culverhouse is to be joined up with Malky on a two year contract. the two will work together in a co-manager fashion, but Malky will have the official title of "head manager"(5)(9)

Joe Mattock has been offered a contract
by derby and they have even given him more than he had at west brom because
They need/want him so much.

By Addison do you mean miles Addison
he has been a cut price contract offer and still yet to accept it.Its been between that and Coventry.

C Dawson from West brom?If so He has been a first team regular for the last 6 games of the season.Hes a England u21 centre back has a bright future and especially with Olsen leaving they will need to keep him.Hope not frank nouble !!Mattock is joining Brighton hate to prove u wrong butWhat the Dawson we already have signed from orient last season who played at number 7 ?Addison is wanted by bournemouth, ipswich and barnsley
mattock wanted by brighton, derby, burnley, c palace and barnsley
as for dawson he only played 2 games in the last 6 of the season mate. hes constantly an unused sub.
nouble is rubbish hopefully barnsley wnt go for him.
baldock would be a good signing
diamond is injury prone not goodNouble been at Barnsley on loan twice and not good both times, No thank youZander diamond signed for Burton Albion

01 Jun 2012 04:14:17
New Crawley manager Sean O'Driscoll is in discussions with Bournemouth about bringing striker Matt Tubbs back to the Broadfield Stadium.(5)(11)Never gunna happenI'd like this to be true...but we could never afford his wages - or the fee, since he was sold reportedly for £800k.Agreed. Bournemouth paid 800K not that long ago, unless an amount that is close to that is offered (unlikely), it won't happen.

It would make both clubs look pretty stupid.Doubt itI'd let Tubbs go back to Crawley for half of that amount! He has been shocking and can't handle this level.We didnt pay 800k for him, it was 400k with future incentives which unless he starts scoring more we will never pay hahaCrawley can have Wes Thomas back...In fact the cheeries would probably pay them to take himback

01 Jun 2012 03:12:12
wigan have given assistant manager Graeme Jones permission to talk to swansea about the manager job. Remember he turned down the chance to be swansea manager before.(11)(2)

01 Jun 2012 03:03:58
modric to join psg for 28m
hulk to join athletico madrid 32m
di maria to join napoli 20m
eriksen to manchester utd for 26m(5)(35)Hulk has joined CFCModric is valued at 40 million by tottenham and if he leaves it will be to
Real madrid or Chelsea.

Hulk is valued at 35 million and according to Sky sports Chelsea have had their Bid accepted and its just about sorting Contract terms.

Di Maria is Staying at Real Madrid after
Valencia offered 25 million for him and they turned it down.

Eriksen is Valued at 36 million by Ajax and he already said that if he leaves it wont be to england.His main Preference
is Germany with Bayern Munich.

Manchester united are Getting The Dormunt Japanese midfielder Kawaga.

The Fees are all wrong and so are the Teams.Come back with proper Information next time.

Thankyou

01 Jun 2012 02:33:03
Southend United and Shrewsbury Town are currently negotiating a fee for Ryan Hall.

Southend are thought to want 150k but Shrewsbury don't agree with the valuation.(7)(3)Multiply that 150k by 3 and that's the minimum Southend will be looking for! (From a realistic Shrewsbury fan)450k XD ridiculous. 150k would be about rightObvs not a Shrewsbury fan, we sold a leading premier league striker for 50k more than what you are saying. Ryan hall is a great LEAGUE 2 player , unproven at a higher level.Grant Holt was unproven at a higher level and he isn't really a leading Premier League player!150k a are all you Shrewsbury fans on drugs because the amount of rubbish that you post on here makes it seem that way!If your saying Holt. Not 50k but 500k rumoured3x150=450k
50k more = 500k

i am right ;)Holt was also proven league 1 scorerI don't care what you say but grant holt lives next to me haha

01 Jun 2012 02:14:56
southampton looking to make 1million pound bid for yakubu as he said he wants to exit blackburn(5)(21)West Ham have Made a Bid of 2.5 Million.
Despite Blackburns Relegation Yakuba
and Hoillett played really well to get any goals and the amount Yakuba got shows he still has the Finishers instinct.If i Any of the Three Promoted Sides Yakuba should be Top of your list as he says he wants to stay in Premiership.Hes Got experience.Not true at allRumour here that the Yak is on his way back to the Skates,true,don't know,time will tell.Saints close to signing Jay Rod, not interested in YakubuHe'd be a decent signing but I'm sure he has sky high wages so unlikely!Back to the skates lol the yak is qualityYakubu isn't a patch on lambert

01 Jun 2012 02:03:55
Reading to sign Jordan Rhodes and Danny murphy from fulham(8)(20)Danny Murphy! The guy who got us relegated when he scored that late goal at Portsmouth to stay up on goal difference...Bad times :(You have more chance of signing messi than rhodesTypical Huddersfield fans. You wont keep hold of him, he was saying goodbye to his team mates after the play off final. Grow up and accept he will move to a bigger club just like every talented player with amibition to make something of themselves.A 22 year old Scottish striker with no experience outside League 1, to a championship winning freshly promoted PL side that's just received huge investments, and are promised a 50% stadium expansion if they survive the first season? I think we'll do fine.

01 Jun 2012 01:42:09
poyet to reject swansea as spurs job could be available soon(7)(14)If this is a brighton fan not really Loyal to your Manager.

If your not a Brighton fan where have you been for the past ten years.Gus Poyet
has only Managed Brighton.Even though im a Derby fan i have to admit he has done a good Job But he has only managed for 2 seasons.If Clubs were to
get managers like that Brian Mcdermott would be managing Manchester united.Levy doesn't go back with management

01 Jun 2012 01:41:42
Ian Culverhouse new boss of Norwich(12)(13)Culverhouse and Karsa will follow PL to Aston villa as they have when he managed Wycombe, Colcester and then us. I hope they do leave so that the new manager gets a fresh team of his choice. Hopefully Malkay Makay, Hughton or Lee Clark.

01 Jun 2012 01:37:27
Paris Saint Germain planing a 120 Million bid for Manchester Uniteds striker Wayne Rooney personally i tink it wont happen but even if its true roony would never leave united would he ?(14)(20)He can barely speak English, let alone French.Why wouldnt he? he handed in a transfer request not too long ago and stayed when they offered him money....if a big club has an offer accepted and they offer him more money he will go! but i think it would only be a barca or real madrid sized teamThe same rooney that handed in a transfer request not long ago?He's already shown that he would be willing to leave United, I just don't think its ligue 1 the teams in that league are really poor.Rooney isnt worth 120 million.No player in the world is worth 120 million.Barcelona Value messi as 85 million.Rooney is a very Good striker but he only performs when the team performs he oftens gets mardy if the team are loosing and dosent put in the effort or gets sent off.Course shreks worth that much.I think he would leave but only to Italy or spaind. If he is willing to go to any country for the money then he may as well go to china/russia/us money would be slightly better there anyway.

01 Jun 2012 01:30:06
rumour has it that this is the guy leading the consortium to take over Leeds United

Kenneth Griffin (born October 15, 1968 in Daytona Beach, Florida) is an American hedge fund manager. He is the founder and CEO of Citadel LLC, a Chicago-based investment firm. Citadel's group of hedge funds rank amongst the largest and most successful hedge funds in the world, and Griffin has earned several billion dollars during his tenure at the company. As of 2011, he has an estimated net worth of $2.3 billion(7)(15)£2.3billion and he will still be only allowed to invest £6m..... {Ed001's Note - it is not quite that simple, I wish people would read the entire ruling before making comments like this. They can pay for a major part of the infrastructure and fund its running. There are a lot of parts of a football club that are essentially exempt from the ruling.}Coventry City is owned by a hedge fund, SISU, look where they are now.

01 Jun 2012 01:10:19
Danny Murphy to be invited to apply for the Swansea Vacancy, in a player manager role.(3)(26)

01 Jun 2012 01:04:28
Looking very likely now that Kevin De Bruyne will be joining Reading on a season long loan. Chelsea want him to carry on playing regular football while also getting used to the premier league and Reading is seen as a good place for that to happen.(14)(5)Didnt see this coming but it sounds realistic as Chelsea probably will want him to get first team football and at reading he will get thatYes please!Sounds like a load of rubbish personally!!Dont see it being true myself.A player can't be transferred to a prem club and loaned out to another prem club in the same window ... remember same thing was discussed with Lukaku and Stoke last year^^ thats rubbish - in a years period you cant play for more than 2 clubs. Lukaku had played for his previous club and chelsea.Nope that was to do with not being able to play for 3 clubs in one season. Chelsea signed De Bruyne in January anyway.Yes they can. Depends on the contract though.It's 2 clubs in a season not a year.De Bruyne has been enquired about by Southampton. Not seen anything about Reading being interested.

01 Jun 2012 00:36:37
Coming from a close source to Brendon Rodgers, he is considering bidding for Steven Davis (Rangers).(7)(14)Yes, he would do well at Liverpool

01 Jun 2012 00:35:35
Norwich City to approach Neil Lennon with regardsto the vacant managerial position.
Lennon will bring Hooper with him.
Lennon would not rule out a move to english premier league squad Norwich(10)(15)No thank youHope not, he's an awful manager. Only one the league by default and always seems to be in the newspapers for the wrong reasons.Will not happen. 100%He wont go to norwich,so knock this rubbish on the head nowNot an awful manager... He's very similar to Norwich

01 Jun 2012 00:09:21
Out of contract Dunfermline Athletic LB Austin McCann is in talks with former manager Steve Evans at Rotherham United.

McCann played over 75 times for Evans at Boston and will sign for the millers this weekend.(6)(1)

31 May 2012 23:54:59
Preston to announce the signings on friday,saturday and sunday of:

Gary roberts-stevenage
Mike grella-bury
Shefki kuqi-oldham
Nathan doyle-barnsley
Francios zoko-carlisle
Donaldson-brentford(2)(20)It's already been announced that Mike Grella has NEVER been a target and he's not a player Graham Westley wants

Shefki kuqi would command a small fee and theres 3 or 4 other teams chasing him so it's very very doubtfull he will be coming to PNE

Nathan Doyle & Zoko again have quite big transfer values and unless the Coutts & Hume deals go through (have been told we should get around £600k for both)....then theres no money available to buy them.

Not been told about Donaldson....who is he?......not ANOTHER defenderIt's Mark Roberts who plays for Stevenage!
Grella NOT for PNE - Peter Ridsdale.We haven't got a player called Gary Roberts.I'd love it if we signed that lot. but Zoko's too good for us and Donaldson is unlikely too.All untrueNone of these players will be at Deepdale unless in the opposition team. PR has stated in today's LEP that we haven't made any enquiry for Grella and has no idea where the rumour came from.He has said that he is not joing you loads of times you are only league 1 he is going to thge championship you finshed below carlisle last year and you will do it again nextZoko and Donaldson will not leave their respective clubs for a team who play hoofballPne have got money even with out selling coutts so stop making up crap rumours ,pne dnt want grella or kuqi there in talks with a prem league striker also hume is stayingGary Roberts from Stevenage :S what are you on about!
Mark Roberts is at Stevenage, get their names right!

And your welcome to Donaldson LOL so bad.MARK Roberts plays for STEVENAGE. Preston have already signed GARY Roberts from HUDDERSFIELD.Almost believable apart from the fact Gary Roberts was at Huddersfield. Dream on.Would love to know were you got the idea preston play hoofball seeing as we passed the ball well towards the end of the season and gary roberts has signed from huddersfield and is a winger wouldnt mind donaldson at pneKuqi is out of contract so would be free.Y would doyle cost a fee barnsley have released himTypical PNE they dont know half the players they have signed and the only way they know if there after them is if they areFREEZoko is out of contract and would not cost anythingGary Roberts is close to signing for sheff wednesday according to all the papers todayDonaldson isnt bad! one of brentfords best players after christmas! joint top assists too! (Y)You would need to pay Kuqi good wages, our supporters trust helped pay part of his wages at Oldham. If he doesn't resign for us he will more than likely go back to Finland to finish his playing career. Why don't ONE just sign evryone and from all the signing on fees your debt gets bigger thanks to Ridsdale.Premier league striker, haha preston, ok guess its heskey then, bet pne fans think they are going to get someone on the fringes of a prem teamOnly if they are free and will play for League 2 wagesWhere does it say PNE have signed Gary Roberts?Preston North End are quality and will be getting promoted next seasonHow many strikers do you want ?

31 May 2012 23:42:28
Swindon want hartlepools Antony Sweeney for 500k(5)(6)Dont be so stupid we will never pay 500k for a player, where do you get your fairy stories from.Sell, sell, sell!500k for sweeney ill drive him there for you for that type of cashHe's good but cant see him leaving Hartlepool
Can be a bit inconsistant

31 May 2012 23:24:59
Reading had bid rejected for Notts Forest right back Chris Gunter, currently discussing whether to put in improved offer. Yakubu is a rumoured target after saying he would prefer to play premier league football, they face competition from West ham for his signature

PD(13)(9)RubbishHardly rubbish as various soruces have said about Reading having a bid for Gunter rejected, same with Yakubu

31 May 2012 23:27:40
Michael Kightly to sign for West Ham United(14)(22)

31 May 2012 23:25:43
Gylfi Sigurdsson set to turn down a move to Swansea City to follow Brendan Rodgers to Liverpool(32)(15)Think this may be a deal this summer, now Rodgers is at Liverpool

31 May 2012 23:08:03
Danny Swanson is set to snub Peterborough and move to Ipswich(8)(8)Hes joining derby or mk donsI heard it Leeds or BrightonHes joining peterborough actually..Fact!! i heard he might go to ipswich"FACT, I heard he might go to Ipswich"
...... Oh dear oh dear, The only fact involved is that you heard a rumour.

31 May 2012 23:03:15
West Brom Midfielder Graham Dorrans is reportedly in talks with Celtic(18)(20)Celtic wont pay his wagesDoubt it he signed a long term contract, he isn't for sale and he's a Rangers fanWest Brom wont sell until a new manager arrives! and they arent interested in selling Dorrans as he is still highly rated thereTotal BSDorrans finally started to get some fitness back and shown good form towards the end of last season. albion do not wish to sell him. he is also a lifelong rangers fanHe wouldnt get a game in the Celtic midfield anyway!He's not good enough for Celtic and we have better midfielders.You celtic fans do over rate your side totally, wow you won the SPL big deal, the fact is if you were in England you would be at the top of championship or bottom of the prem!Wot team do u support ya wee rocketLets go through the Celtic team then if it is "overrated" Forster? hes a good goalkepper Matthews? A lot of interest from pl clubs Rogne? still young not the best tho Mulgrew? swooped all awards and reading are interested izaguirre? pretty sure man utd were interested in him last season. forrest? spurs were interested kayal? man utd were interested. Ki? man utd liverpool and villa were interested wanyama ? lots of pl clubs are interested hes been compared to Essien. Ledley? norwich interested Hooper? southampton, reading villa everton norwhich are all interested. so we are not overrated.

31 May 2012 23:11:24
Sunderland's Asamoah Gyan in talks with Russian side Rostov(12)(15)

31 May 2012 23:10:19
Jon Shaw is set to snub non league Luton town to join York City fc of league 2(9)(9)Shaw will go to oxfordI agree he will re join Chris Wilder at OxfordI've read HartlepoolHe's going to Stevenage in League 1 I have heard

31 May 2012 23:09:29
Lee Cattemole in talks with Turkish side Bursaspor(5)(21)

31 May 2012 23:07:18
Tomasz Kuszczak about to sign for Brighton (free agent from Man U) along with Joe Mattock (free agent from WBA) while Liam Trotter will go to Brighton from Millwall with Will Hoskins and a bunch of cash going the other way.(8)(13)Wrong on both counts my friendTrotter wont be joining brighton , i have no idea why brighton fans think this we will only sell to a premiership club - your not signing him get over itI hope you're right on all counts (although would be happy to give Hoskins another season to prove himself)Trotter will never go to brighton and millwall will not want to sell him cheap as he is a highly rated player.If he is going anywhere it will be the premier league and millwall will do the best to keep himI'd love it if that was true but can't see it tbhThats really good news if it happens, great signing , but we need the managers situation sorted out first. come on Gus tell everyone how happy you are at the Amex and honour your contract like all great honest men . {Big G}Trotter is going nowhere, he is in talks about extending his contract at the Den.Trotter will only be sold to a Prem club, Millwall have made that clear.What a load of rubbish? There's more chance of Mackail-Smith coming to Millwall than Trotter joining Brighton!
I find it bizarre that Brighton fans seem to think they're the new Man City or Chelsea when it comes to transfers.
You'll be doing well to stay in the Championship next season... I genuinely think Brighton will get second season syndrome and do well do survive the drop.
Signing Trotter... Don't make me laugh!With a name like Trotter he should be at Charlton nil, I dont know if he'd play for Chairman Slater though.Millwall are a tiny clubcompared to brightonMillwall will sell to whoever offers a big enough fee and can agree personal terms with Trotter.

31 May 2012 23:04:54
Swansea city in talks with Brighton Manager Gus Poyet(17)(15)"It would take something special to lure Gus away from Brighton" Sorry I don't think Swansea fit in the special category.Come on Boss clear this mess up today, is Gus staying,going or is this all papertalk, remember the brighton fans they deserve better treatment that this.Gus will not go to Swansea spoke to his son and he is at tho moment playing football across the pondGus is currently in Uruguay on holiday!No there not there in talks with Wigan number 2Poyet is in Uraguay right now so they must be some very long distance talks with the Boy'os. Silly and totally unfounded rumor.Phones!!

31 May 2012 22:48:52
Mccann and Olofinjani to Huddersfield Town(13)(3)

31 May 2012 22:34:07
millwall are set to sign chris taylor from oldham who has had a medical at the den and is set to sign for the lions in two weeks. this is a fact from millwall official website(4)(4)Hope you are right about Kuqi joining Preston - Signing quantity not quality ? - Just glad he is not at OldhamTrue this is a fact , so why post on a RUMOUR siteOne of Kuqi's best mates happens to be paul Dickov, now you see why he signed for Oldham. If he doesn't stay he will go to Finland. Last season all PNE fans called him fat and now they would like him as well as the other 20 players they will sign as they are signing everyone. DEBT DEBT DEBT for singing on fees then wages on top. Well done to your Chairman.Medicals are done in New Eltham

31 May 2012 22:32:27
Bolton want out of favour Norwich striker Chris Martin(14)(10)No we dont he has no shooting ability

31 May 2012 22:28:36
Reading to sign jelavic from everton for 6000000 {Ed025's Note - you will need another nought on the end of that mate..(1)(36)Just LOLAbsolutely no chance at all of this happening!Reading fans small mind small clubWhy leave a good club like everton for probable relegation favourites?

baggyboyBeen in the pub a little too long, me thinks!Hmm we are a bigger club than both swansea and watford??.... I agree with the Ed. Everton buy a player for £5.5m and he scores 11 goals in 15 games. So obviously that means they should sell him for £6m especially since he only has 4 years left on his contract.... why would he want to go to reading even if ye has the ridiculuous money needed.I don't think he was seriousI think an extra nought would make Jelavic 60 million Ed025. That is perhaps a bit far fetched? even for a striker of his skill :-PWhy would any player leave a giant like everton to go to a cannon fodder teamYour never bigger than Swansea sell out all away games and at home your support is ridiculous you were one of the smallest clubs in the championshipIf Everton are giants, how come they have massive debt and no titles to their names... Someone got a huge blow to the head as a child. Be realistic, you are a Premier League mainstay but you never challenge the title. {Ed001's Note - Everton have won the league 9 times! That is a lot of titles.}Our supports better than Swansea's. And hardly one of the smallest. We had better attendances than most championship clubs"Your never bigger than Swansea sell out all away games and at home your support is ridiculous you were one of the smallest clubs in the championship"

We may not be the biggest but to say that is just pathetic and way off the mark.How can people say Swansea and WBA are bigger clubs. I mean come on, Swansea fans we were 1 point from Euro football in our first season and then got relegated the next year so especially without your saviour Rodgers you will struggle and more than likely get relegated this year. WBA you have yo yo'd for seasons and gained no status at all! Dont be jealous because we have money. Im not naive enough to think we will buy Tevez or Nani but why wouldnt players like Mariapa or Gunter join us? Ambitious club with POTENTIAL to be a big club. Both your teams aren't really Man City are you? Must be warm in that bubble u are all in!Everton aren't a big team because they have debts? Ummmmm I think most big teams have debts. Everton is one of the biggest teams in the premier league, and the longest running top flight teams too.

Steve EFC

31 May 2012 21:52:12
Stoke have entered contract negotiations with Owen, his agent has announced that an offer has been made by the club, it is expected to be finalized within next week.(19)(10)

31 May 2012 21:51:52
GSE group looking to get Stoke City chief executive Tony Scholes on board at Derby County to fill the vacancy left by Tom Glick(5)(11)

31 May 2012 21:54:21
Marco Materazzi is the mystery 'special' player mentioned by Di Canio in his press conference on wednesday. Di Canio had met with Marco whilst back in Italy and his counterpart is keen to get into an coaching role, Di Canio has offered Materazzi the chance to join Swindon whilst also doing his UEFA badges at the same time.(13)(6)

31 May 2012 21:39:00
Shefki Kuqi is joining Preston. Oldham had offered him a new one year deal but he's frustrated by the lack of ambition by the club. He reckons Preston will be pushing for Promotion and wants to be involved in a promotion challenge. He had 2 offers from the Championship and One from Finland but he's opted for Preston.

(Source I'm an OAFC fan and I've Spoken to Shefki himself)(16)(12)Have you been to Finland then to talk to him as he's there at the moment.Of couse youre an Oldham fan....once you said Preston will be going for promotion....I thought...."Thats an Oldham fan"So you will have Wesolowski, Morais and Kuqi then.Kuqi too slow.just heard Gary Roberts has signed for Preston.Yep: just read on wikipedia, Gary Roberts is a PNE playerDidn't Kuqi take up the option of extending his contract for another year? around the same time when Furman signedHeard something similar from sumone in the know at pne. and I support blackburn.I didn't say Preston will be pushing for promotion, they were Shefki's words. I don't think they will.So youre in Finland then......?

I agree they wont be pushing for promotion.....another year in debt, despair and League 1Yeh right! I bet kuqi also told you that because Preston are so awesome, he's convinced fellow fin Jussi JÃ¤Ã¤skelÃ¤inen to sign as wellKuqi has gone on record saying he's only playing in lge 1 due to his "best mate" being oldham manager, he's either staying at Oldham or going back to Finland.Anyone can put they are an oldham fan, if you are your probably a main stand moaner, anyways dickov is best mates with kuqi so unless he is going back to finland or to a championship team, i cant see him not signing (unfortunately), and i am an actual oldham fan!

31 May 2012 21:21:06
colchester closing in on airdries ryan donelly for nominal fee(1)(3)Although I doubt this as Celtic and Wigan have already shown an interest in the player; and we are supposed to not be paying any transfer fees, it's certainly a deal I would like to see happen none the less!

31 May 2012 21:17:46
Stoke are looking at fullback John Brayford from Derby for a possible bid in the region of £2-£2.5m. He's impressed at Crewe and Derby (winning player of the year at both clubs) and looks likely to take a step up to the premier league. He's a lifelong Stoke fan (even watches some games) and it would be a 'dream move' for the 24 year old.(10)(5)A lot of people "even watch Stoke games" hardly makes them life long fans.Yeah, double that and you might be close to his valuation, best RB in the ChampionshipHe is a massive stoke fan.But Derby had already rejected an Enquiry by Aston villa.Nigel Last year had stated that John Brayford will Be player who will be here for years.In my opnion hes one of the best Rb outside the premier league.Double £2m? I'd pay £4m, I think he more than deserves a try in the prem and I'd love to see him in a back 4 with Huth and Shawcross. In a perfect world we'd also offload Danny Collins as a swap and cash as well.Wow, some people on here need to get a sense of humour. (I'm looking at you Mr. 1st reply). Just for the record Brayford is from Stoke has supported Stoke all his life and is probably usually a bit busy on match days to watch the games. Hope we sign him.Brayford pinned a note on the Stoke dressing room door after last season's cup game asking them jokingly to save him a cup final ticket..........he is a huge Stoke fan. Why do some argue about something they know NOTHING about? Stoke desperately need two full backs

31 May 2012 21:13:41
Grahame Jones
favourite for swansea job(19)(7)Jones and hartson dream team for Swansea

31 May 2012 21:08:39
Mark Connolly is to sign for Hibs on a free from Bolton Wanderers(4)(6)Sorry to see Mark go not really given the opportunity at Bolton. Wish him well for the future.

31 May 2012 20:56:13
Rotherham look to sign Peter Leven from Oxford(7)(7)Yeah and Chris Wilder is going to take charge of Barcelona...Source? Can't see it happening.750k and you may get him.I heard that 400k was the fee.Make it a million and you may get lucky but i doubt itMay be lucky for a million? I'd make it more seeing as he is Peter Leven and he does what he wants excluding joining them though.

31 May 2012 20:31:45
Well, Jordan has got another two for Scotland Under 21's tonight in Bulgaria. If he does leave us it will be for the Premiership.(5)(6)

31 May 2012 20:30:42
Norwich are considering one of Martin Olsson or Morten Gamst Pedersen.(5)(12)Check bbc sport, u will see that peds has pledged his future with blackburn so stop making up rubbish!I doubt its Morten Gamst Pedersen considering he's stated he's stayingWho will sign whilst there is indecision about who the manager will be?
Until that is sorted, think you will find no deals will progress.Agree with the first reply.Well pederson has already said he is not leaving because he is staying to help blackburn back upPederson will never leave Blackburn, he is Blackburn through and through. Martin Olsson is interesting Chelsea I think. Norwich have no chance.

31 May 2012 20:27:53
Charlton are to enquire about the possibility of a season long loan deal for Chelsea's Lukaku. Charlton are able to offer him minutes next year than offer clubs that are supposedly interestest.(1)(13)Hes got the talent to play upfront for everygame for chelsea next season
and score 20 + goals.he and Neymar are
the hottest young strikers around.Hes going on loan to Stoke for that much needed pace.Charlton maybe if you had just missed out on promotion to the top flight but you have just got to the championship.Give it a season and you might be back down you never know.No, we're not, you just made that up.Not a chance!Reported he could move on loan to Werder Bremen on loan as part of Marin dealDon't have a hissy fit lads, this is a complete lie and was made up!Why would Lukaku come to charlton?Prem clubs would want him.Charlton will not start the season with loans, get it into your thick skulls!!Seems legit

31 May 2012 20:18:30
Reading have made a bid for Gylfi sigurdsson and the deal for Adrian Mariappa is edging closer too. Been told if Ledley King cannot agree a new deal at Spurs then Reading are alos ready to entre discussions about a 2 year contract.

PD(20)(6)This is sounding increasingly possible every dayI've never heard such rubbish all these players linked to reading none of these will sign for a little club like readingBest News Having Gylfi back would be niceSo many jealous fans hating on Reading. Don't let the green eyed monster get the better of you.It amuses me the people saying little Reading...I always find when the dust settles people can comment...as this is rumours it should be treated as such not for small minded people to try and jealously comment on a clubs "size"Sigurdsson will join LiverpoolWhy would anyone be jealous of Reading?So many 'little club' comments.. All these dinosaur 'big clubs' have some very bitter green eyed fans.. It's goo to see a well run club coming up and changing the status quoWhat people are saying is your support is terrible and you big yourself up as a big club when there are proper clubs outside the prem who deserve it your fanbase deserves nothingDeserve? You deserve where your team gets you not your fans!. Our fan base has grown year on year for almost 20 years.. Each year season tickets are consistent..put away the jealousy it's an ugly characteristic.. To see a modest club spend little, have few debts and build a first team of academy players get promoted above clubs spending millions is a deserved and commendable thingWhat most our fans have stayed with the club for most of our lives while the club went into the prem and out of it and back into it.Premier league status is won on merit not crowds. And if our support is so bad then why are we expanding our stadium to 37k? we took over 40000 to wembley and knew many more fans who didnt get tickets. So no our support is not badSorry I didn't realise leagues and cups were won based on who had the most fans. If they were then Leeds would have won everything. Football is decided on the pitch and not in the stands. Reading were the best team in the Championship last season. We now have the money to strengthen and build on the already great infrastructure at the club.

If you want to carry on calling us a small club because we didn't win the European cup back in the 1970's then go ahead. We're winning stuff now. Whilst your dinosaur clubs are sinking like a stone."What people are saying is your support is terrible and you big yourself up as a big club when there are proper clubs outside the prem who deserve it your fanbase deserves nothing"

We are a club that has been steadily growing over the past few years doing things the right way and are exactly where we deserve to be. what is it about people in this country who just have to find a way of slagging you off just because you have a little bit of success.Reading are a team to be watched next season; mark my words!Where is reading?
All I know about reading is it involves books.

31 May 2012 20:15:04
Lee Clark to Norwich(23)(18)Could see that happening and him bringing Rhodes too if that greedy Holt and Lamebert leave!Do NOT want Lee Clark at Norwich. He's an idiot. From a Norwich fan.Clark is not an idiotTacticaly clueless and no chance of getting rhodes jog on

31 May 2012 20:13:24
Derby County close to agreeing a deal for Michael Jacobs, with Northampton recieving £750,000 in compensation(8)(8)Can anyone tell me how fast is Jacobs?.
Say what would his pace be on Fifa?
If you cant explain.This is a lie. 750k is barmy, 250k. do your research!Ben tozer to sign for bristol city,next weekHad 600k turned down already so why take 250k? and he can run with the ball at pace, in fifa john terry is quick so who caresIts not 250k do your research they have rejected bids around that, if it went to compensation it will cost 600-700k

31 May 2012 20:03:49
Heard Doncaster's Sam Hird's will be joining Chesterfield(6)(5)If he's going anywhere hes going to middlesbroughRidiculous!!Well he's been offered a contract by two championship clubs so i doubt it.Sam hirds a terrible defender! Scores own goals concedes penalties can't play offside, can only play a long ball glad we've got rid!Hird will join Chesterfield Monday believe itAt Chesterfield having a medical now announcement todaySigned for Chesterfield this afternoonAgree with the aboveGreat signing for chesterfield one or two more quality players to go with Richards and o donnell along with hire and they will have a really strong squadOn BBC Radio Sheffield according to them, Doncaster Rovers Sam Herd is having a medical at Spireites and is due to sign in the next few daysYou are welcome to him,he is only a conferance player any way.Done deal Sam Hird is a Spireite 2 year contractSam hird has just joined chesterfield on 2 year deal .what a good signing league 2 watch out.Top player ,jealous fans saying he's no good when any team in league 1 or 2 would sign him .shows the ambition of chesterfield to go up with signing of Marc Richards and now hird .

31 May 2012 19:56:12
Brad Jones to return to Teesside with Emnes going the other way. 'Pool to also pay £4.5m as part of the deal. Jones was spotted at Hurworth, whilst reports on merseyside say Emnes she at Melwood Friday morning(4)(14)Would accept 3.5m for emnes with no brad jonesEmnes is an ex jack after having a loan spell with them under Brendan Rodgers so there could be some truth in this.Yes - go get him Brendan

31 May 2012 19:54:13
Shrewsbury have negotiated a contract with ex Huddersfield player Nathan Clarke.

They have also held contract talks with Southend winger Ryan Hall after Paul Sturrock accepted a 100k bid.(10)(5)That is a ridiculously low figure. Dream on if you think he will go for that much!If we accepted an offer the club would have made a statementKeep him and stay in league 2 better players out there than himClarke will go either Oldham or Bury.Has offers from league 1 clubs so why would he bother with Shrewsbury in league 2Shrewsbury not back in league 2 already I hope.Because Shrewsbury are in League One next season. And that is wheer Southend should have been except Sturrock blew it big scale and should have walked.He has been released. This would attract a zero feeHes doing a painting and decorating course so wont be playing next year,sorry to dissapoint shrewsburyShrewsbury > SouthendSouthend > Shrewsbury
Sturrock > Turner
Roots Hall > Greenhous Meadow
SUFC Fans > STFC Fans
SUFC Ambitions > STFC Ambitions {Ed001's Note - to be fair Turner is a legend of the game, Sturrock is far from a legend.}I'm sorry agree with most but can't agree with you saying Sturrock is better than Turner. Turner has achieved so much more in the game compared to Sturrock. from a Southend fan.Honestly, some Southend fans are deluded.In a official study Sturrock was found to be in the top 15 best managers of all time with the clubs that he has been at and the budgets he has had to use and Turner wasn't anywhere near the top 15 so this time you are wrong Ed! {Ed001's Note - how am I wrong? Because some 'official study' tells you? Can you not think for yourself? Turner has done more for football than Sturrock ever will. Clearly you have no idea about the man, so just leave it, and try and accept that any study suggesting Sturrock is in the top 15 of all time is a joke! Statistics can be twisted to prove almost any lie is true, but only fools lap them up and believe them.}Turners better and this ambition stuff is brilliant. We went up and have been top of lg2 for years.
Sturrock managed in the prem if hes so good why is he in league 2 now. We are better.
If your grounds so good why are trying to moveHow are Southend's ambitions better? What are their ambitions? And what do you think Shrewsbury's are?Soutend letting their best striker leave on a free is good ambition. top 15 manager's of all time and he's in league 2? , Turner managed to take a team like Hereford to league 1, as soon as he left they get relegated to the conference , he also saved the club by putting his own money in to help run it while they were suffering. Top football guy. {Ed001's Note - exactly, Turner is a really nice man, a true legend, regardless of stats or anything else.}A) Shrewsbury League 1, Southend Leage 2 ---> Shrews > Southend
b) Turner managed many clubs to success including premier league, sturrock has done very well but turner has a longer service of doing well ---> Turner > sturrock
c) Greenhous Meadow this season: W18, D5 L0, Roots Hall this season: W12, D6, L5 ---> Meadow > Roots Hall
d)Shrews average attendance:5768, S'end av att: 5964, however shrewsbury is just a small town competing with the likes of Birmingham, Wolves, Villa, West Brom and a few other teams around us wheras the only teams around you are dagenham and gillingham so there is less competition ---> STFC fans > SUFC fans
e) Every club has the ambition of being succesful and reaching the top of the game so ambitions are the same (Only difference is Shrewsbury are one step closer!)

Sorry about the essay but please get the facts right before you post rubbish

P.S. a player is only worth what clubs will pay for him - there is no point in a player being worth 200k if clubs are only going to pay half that for himThis Ed is smart. Turner is one of the football league legends. If you think Sturrocks better you are a moron.
Are Shrewsbury not ambitiousDickinson wasn't Southend's best striker probably 3rd or 4th so you don't really know much do you?The fact you Southend fans think Sturrock is in the top 15 manager's in the world just proves how deluded you are!Turners better than Sturrock.... Dont know much do youWhen was the last time Shrewsbury was in the championship?Does it matter when. You crashed down quick Southend. 20+ years. And weve had a year in the confrenceIn the 80s low budget but stayed there playing neat passing football im sorry i watched u play crewe longball rubbish but if that makes southend happy well goodluck to u turner legend enough saidShrewsbury are hardly ambitious, just look at there playersShrewsbury fans are completely deluded if they think were competing for fans with gillingham a 1 hour 30 minuted drive away with west ham, tottenham and arsenal 1 hour away,How are we not ambitious. Are chairman wants the championship and we have some great players. Grandison, Richards and hopefully still James Collins. Your in league 2. Were in lg1. We seem to be more ambitious.What a claim! not ambitious with our players? i think you'll find statisticallly we have a better squad than you seeing as we finished above you in the table so Southend's ambition must be appalling. Have fun in league 2 next season (no ambition) ;)

31 May 2012 19:48:49
Johan Djourou set to sign for Southampton in a Loan deal with a view to a permanent move. Arsene winger rates the defender but is keen for him to play first team football next season.(2)(13)If Arsene winger? (Wenger) rates him and want to give him first team football next year, why would the loan deal be with a veiw of a perminant switch?God don't let this be true saints dnt need that crap flog him to spurs instead awful playerReally? You have no clue on Saints policy, we will make own, not make others. in NC and NA we trustHes awful an woudnt fit into the saints team at all. it would be a waste of money!Complete Crap!Johan drjourou is poo he needs helps with clumsy feet if this happens then weir down

31 May 2012 19:47:22
James Beattie in talks with Crawley Town following his release from Sheffield Utd as he looks to take a pay cut to secure first team football at the promoted Crawley(13)(11)

31 May 2012 19:31:43
Ipswich and Peterborough have both offered contracts to Colchester's out of contract 'keeper Ben Williams, Colchester have also offered him a contract but the lure of championship could be too good to turn down.(6)(4)At 30 next birthday he won't remotely interest Peterborough. Doesn't fit the proflile.Doesn't matter if he is good enough, one of the most consistent goalkeepers in league one and most underrated last 3 seasons. Saves us 10-12 points a season easy! Looks championship bound unfortunately :(He will leave for sure, although I hope not to poormans road, he could do so much better for himself and would go down in most u's fans estimations if he signed for ipch. JW has already said we wont sign a new keeper to replace him so cousins will be new number 1.Not a football decision, a commercial one. May well be very good indeed, but too old for any potential transfer market profit in the future.I find it funny how Colchester fans really care about their rivalry with Ipswich, and Ipswich fans really don't care as Colchester are a pub team.Ha ha ha a Colchester fan saying 'Poormans road'. That's hilarious. You of course are so rich and successful! I quite like your club but morons like you may change my mind.Don't say Colchester are a pub team, that's very harsh. Colchester are a good league 1 team and local rivalry is nothing to be ashamed of. The majority of us Ipswich fans rightly don't hold anything against Ipswich fans. Colchester fansI am an Ipswich fan and I don't hold anything against Colchester fans. It's just that the one commenting on this post was being a mug with comments like 'Poorman's Road.

31 May 2012 19:24:59
St johnstone to sign david Healy , he is friends with Steve lomas, Jody Morris to sign a new contract and lee croft has been offered a contract(4)(5)

31 May 2012 19:21:04
Chris taylor snubs crystal palace and peterborough and joins Millwall from oldham signing a one year contract.

OAFC(12)(8)Good luck to the lad,lets hope KJ has found another GEM!COYLNever on Peterborough's radar - at 26 next birthday, far too old.That is by far the most rediculous statement i have ever heard!a football is too old at 26!!! no wonder you watch the posh!!Not ridiculous, you don't understand, and you can't spell either. Peterborough have climbed two divisions whilst making an enormous transfer market profit by only buying and selling on players which fit a precise proflile. Nothing to do with being too old for football at 26, everything to do with the fact that his next move will probably be a free.Taylor has never held talks with Palace. The only club in London he has spoken to is Millwall.Taylor would have never gone to Peterborough because their game plan is to kick team off the park and with previously being in their firing line on many occasions I don't think he would of given them the time of day!!!!!!He is a good player i would have loved to see him at posh he is never too old ,just right i'd say shamePeterborough kicking players off the park? with one of the smallest teams in the championship? and a manager and team renowned for attacking football? Dream onPosh came joint second in the 2011/12 fair play league, that doesn't sound like a team that kicks you of the park to me!

31 May 2012 19:21:04
West Brom are reportedly keen on Newcastle midfielder Danny Guthrie, who is available on a Bosman free transfer this summer.(23)(6)He is a type of player west brom would sign, young and talented englishman. he will sign if andrews doesnt renew his contract.

31 May 2012 19:17:47
Arsenal Launch Surprise £8m Bid for Barcelona Youngster Isaac Cuenca(18)(6)This is even a surprise to Arsenal.He's out injured for 4 monthsCuenca out injured for next four months.on sky sports this morning

31 May 2012 19:17:25
Chelsea Look to Snatch £6m Starlet Nick Powell from Man United's Grasp(13)(24)Isnt Nick powell a chelsea fan i heard during the League 2 play off by the presenter on sky sports.If anyone knows reply?No offers have been made for this guy. this is most likely an agent trying to start something, alerting clubs that he is available and too see who comes forward for him, also applies pressure on his current club to up his wages, which usually happens with most of these stories

31 May 2012 19:08:15
Liverpool and Tottenham target Ibrahim Afellay could be available for as little as £6m this summer, according to reports in Spain.(27)(1)

31 May 2012 19:06:40
Liverpool target Eljero Elia looks set to snub a move to Anfield in favour of joining Schalke.(21)(3)

31 May 2012 19:04:58
Yeovil Town are going to sign 9 players in July which includes loan signings. One of the players is going to be Freddy Eastwood.(2)(14)Freddy Eastwood FTWDoes anyone have any idea who they are id say its eastwood akinfenwa pack simonson weale campbell-ryce mcalistair and a cb and wingerIf we sign any of the above other than Eastwood, id be disappointed and the squad would be worse than this year...So would i it was based on other rumoursI think that the cb is adam lockwood that yeovil are trying to signEastwood rumoured to be going to ScunthorpeHow could be be disappointed in Pack, Simonson or Weale? Pack + Simonson have had great seasons, and if Weale is fit then he'd be a great keeper for usWheres the sorce of eastwood coming from ? ive heard nothing other than hereEastwood tweeted a couple of days ago "sunny in Scunny" so whilst it would be awesom to have him with Sir GJ and the Glovers, I fear Scunthorpe may be his destinationWeale is constantly injured and the other players on on too much money for their worth... although pack would be a reasonable signing actually...

31 May 2012 18:57:01
matt phillips to join swansea along with ian holloway(11)(30)Strange then that Swansea are interviewing Wigans no'2 Graham Jones for the job then...Is Holloway going as his no'2 then?Swans back in championship after next seasonEveryone said that last season - so here we go againSwans haters need to get a life we lost manager before we will againg but like the last 6years swans are only going one way up up up up all thia rodgers was the one you forget he didnt last a year at reading and watford hmmmmIs there any team gunter marriap and bertrand not linked too on here

31 May 2012 19:04:51
Bas Dost is waiting for a high-profile offer from England or Italy, according to his agent. So the 'inevitable' transfer to Wolfsburg is uncertain..(10)(3)Like I said previously Roberto Martinez know sall about Dost from his Dutch connections the offer will come from there now that the managerial merry-go-round has settledMaarten Jol is interested

31 May 2012 18:45:35
Huddesfield Midfielder Anton Robinson is set to rejoin Bournemouth after falling out of favour(10)(7)Bye bye then, hope the door doesnt hit him on the BUM on his way out, or he will still be on the injury list at the start of next season. lolWould be more than happy to see him back at AFCB.Hope not, shadow of the player he was.If he can come back and find his best form then i would welcome him with open armsHave him he is useless ill drop him off myself waste of space

31 May 2012 18:39:29
Newcastle United are considering an offer for Charlton right back Chris Solly.(5)(11)Chris solly is priceless, we woudnt sell him unless it was a top four club.Consider it well because he is expensiveThe next Gary Neville but without an ugly twin brotherChris solly in talks with west ham , £2 millChris Solly is in talks with no one, when the big clubs come calling (and they will) they will need a bigger cheque book. Right now he is learning his trade and is in the right place.^ No he isn't, and why would we sell out most promising player for £2 mill?£2m is derisory. at least £4m

31 May 2012 18:37:31
Ronnie moore is being lined up to replace an out of favour dean saunders at doncaster rovers

How is he ''Out of favour''. Saunders has big plans for Rovers's future. Anyway i'm sure we'd look a bit higher than Ronnie Moore(5)(9)This is coming from a derby fan
Doncaster had been major favourites to
be relegated for the past 3 seasons it would have been better for them to have been relegated the first time a it will allow them to do a norwich or southampton and completely start from scratch by releasing dead wood and bringing in youth from their academy as in the prem and championship teams are more cautious so dont test out there young stars where as the league 1 and 2 clubs rely on youngsters.I wish doncaster luck and Dean being a Derby favourite i know he can do a job once given the time to revamp the squad.Dont want ronnie more anywere near doncaster thankyouDerby fan has it spot onWe ain't got the money to rid Saunders ..a.oates

31 May 2012 18:27:03
Brendan Rodgers first act as Liverpool
manager will be trying to sign
Barcelona Winger Pedro for around
£18M(20)(27)As if grow upIt's a rumour calm down mateEmphasis on TRYWrong try tello and 6 million

31 May 2012 16:46:52
ed any news on preston(3)(6)Yes, Preston is being twinned with the Titanic.NO pal its still a dump of a placeWOW! so much jealousy directed at a club minding its own business. We've had a bad time recently, but instead of sitting back bitching about it, we've done something about it and made a few decent signings! I hope your little 'beautiful' towns have a good season.Nice one in the LEP tonight PNE's turnover for the 2010/2011 season was £10.8m.....yearley running costs were £14.5m......so Hemmings had to cover a loss of £3.7m (or £70,000 a week) just to keep the doors openBet both these with the little digs are from carlise or blackpool who cant even get over 11 k a week on home matchs,but let them be bitter and twisted ,pne top 2 next seasonWow...from 15th and 6 points off relagation to automatic promotion....and the clubs not even played a game.....cast off's from Tranmere & Shrewsbury are not going to get you promotion.....even the Stevenage lads couldnt get through the play offs...middle ranking league 1 side...no more than that nowGary Roberts has today signed for pneCasts off from shrewsbury and tranmere? i think you'll find all the players we signed were offered new deals by their clubs... and the 2 shrewsbury players played pretty much every game in their promotion campaign, the 2 tranmere players, well one was club captain, and the other was their player of the season... if thats what casts off are then god only knows how good players that are signed for a fee are

31 May 2012 18:35:04
Man city news
James Milner, Savic and de jong and Adam johnson out as part of a clearance to reduce wage budget
City will only sign 3 players this summer, a striker, an attacking midfielder and a centre back for cover(20)(5)Nobody else can afford city's fringe players huge huge wages youngsters might go just so they can play but established players will prefer the cash and sit it out... serves u right cityDe Jong going nowhere. The others may get loans, that's about it.

31 May 2012 18:32:09
Wolverhampton can be expecting competition signing the talented Icelandic Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson, from fellow championship rivals Middlesbrough.(11)(10)Join the queue, doesn't mean they will get him! everyone knows he is coming our way! up me babbiesDubbed as one of Iceland's most talented youngsters, and the fastest player from Iceland

Hope boro get this one, we need some pace :) {Ed007's Note - Everton have already held with him, there is a lot of interest.}There maybe alot of interest but both he and his agent have publicly stated his desired chosen destination is molineux. He is almost certain to be Fletchers replacement. So the only deal wrecker will be if Fletcher doesn't go.

31 May 2012 18:30:36
Modric en route to Chelsea this summer with Van der vaart heading man u and Adebyor of to Italy this summer(6)(15)Something tells me we are not in kansas any more toto......where do you melts get this from??jog on!Why would man u want Van der vaart? There going for kagiwara. Adebyor is staying at spur's. Where do people get there rumour's from?

31 May 2012 18:29:36
Following Elliott Hewitts move to Ipswich, Ipswich are now looking to tie up the loose ends on the move of Andrew Crofts from Norwich. Im led to believe that the fee is in the region of £350k, and Crofts looks set to complete his move by by by(3)(14)... never hopefully.By by by --- it will never happen, and never under 1m. think that puts him out of the ipswich budget

31 May 2012 18:18:46
Phil Picken set to join Notts County from Bury.(3)(9)No just no

31 May 2012 17:56:49
Lewis Grabban of Rotherhan has agreed terms with AFC Bornmouth. They have beaten 4 league 1 clubs including Crawley Town. Matt Tubbs could be going the other way in a cash plus player deal as Steve Evans had a good relationship with Tubbs at Crawley(9)(10)His age thats what happened to him, would be a good fit at Crawley

31 May 2012 17:28:56
You heard it here first, Nigel Adkins is set to be in talks in the up coming weeks with Ince from blackpool as blackpool are thought to be about to accept an offer :D IDK IF THIS IS true its just what i have heard(11)(9)Hope its true
hes going to get better
and better plus he s
youngIs there a player that Southampton are'nt chasing....arent you chasing Nick Powell...he's another player in the news....do you lot just read the Sun and pick a player and pray he will sign for you.Blackpool are the next team to take a nose dive down the league after missing out on promotion. Several key players, as well as a cracking manager are in the spotlight, and who could blame them for leaving, after such disappointment for moving to a big club rather than slog it out for another year in the championship?Where is the Nick Powell link? Why would we pay the apparent £7/8m for a League 2 player?The offer was said buy the sun to be around £2 million plus Jason Puncheon, but i have heard that it will be around 2.5 million for Ince plus PuncheonWhy are Blackpool about to take a nose dive ?
They have one of the best managers in the division that has no intentions of leaving and the players that play for him love it there.
They dont need to sell Ince or Matt Phillips and neither will go, they dont need to sell anyone.
A few additions and they will be Champions.If the right offers come along, Phillips and Ince will leave. However Holloway will replace them and Blackpool will be right up there again. They wont nose dive.Deluded as usual ,small seaside town club, ince and phillips going, closely followed by holloway who wants to manage a big club like swansea...deluded?!...you certainly are. Blackpool with their current set up are squad are Champions in the making.
While a team you support are in major 'catch up' mode.Trying my best not to laugh at this Ince rumour. What a complete load of rubbish, Ince is going nowhere, do you really think we would sell after one season with us? Dream on!Deluded south coast nobodies with spendthrift owner. Bankrupt in how many seasons I wonder? Twinned with Pompey"Blackpool with their current set up are squad are Champions in the making"...Thats the biggest joke ive seen on here! There are much better teams next season that will compete at the top of the Championship and Blackpool are not one of them. Oh and deluded south coast nobodies? Really? Whos in the Premier League and who has one of the best academies in Europe and CAT 1 Status + state of the art training facilities? Thats right Saints do.

31 May 2012 17:53:13
Gary Mills (Manager of York) is keen to form links with Middlesbrough. This could see many more boro youngsters on loan at Bootham cresent. Mills was generally impressed with Ben Gibson. Ben Himself is going to try and become a first team regular at the boro, but york could potentially be offered fringe players Andy Halliday and Richard Smallwood on loan.(1)(5)If true it's a good idea. I would prefer to have Halliday involved in some capacity this season and Smallwood provides good cover, maybes the likes of Cameron Park, Luke Williams and Bruno Palatos etc would be more well suited.

31 May 2012 17:50:26
Oxford are set to step up their interest in Kidderminster Harriers front man Jamille Matt as a replacement for the soon to depart James Constable. A fee in the region of £50,000 would secure(1)(8)Is that right? I'm a close friend of Adams he's away on Holiday and from what ive heard he will be signing on when he returns.Who? Oxford are interested in Jon Shaw.Sorry the reply about to do with Chapman was ment for the rumour below.Oxford are only interested in 1 striker from the conferance, and it's that goal machine Jon Shaw!I wonder if Wilder will actually get Shaw.. Looks good! I'd have him at the club

31 May 2012 17:33:27
Preston will sign Charltons matt Taylor for 500K(1)(14)No, Preston do not have 500k to spend on one playerAgreed but they appear to want to sign 500k different players this close seasonYes they do av money to spend ,they are owned by one of the riches men in uk ,but cos they got a lot of free transfers everyone thinks they no money ,top two finsh for preston next seasonI bet you could BUY PNE for 500k! True, we don't have any money, we had a rubbish squad, we got rid of it all, we now need decent replacements. I for one think GW has been quite sensible with what he has got. We COULD do what everyone else seems to be doing, go seriously into debt to buy players, but what also happens is if it doesn't work you go bankrupt!Matt Taylor isnt worth that much but he has still been a legend this year! I think he will leave not quick enough for the championship.Why people keep saying no money. We have one of richest owners in englandTaylor would be a solid squad player. Wouldnt start that often in the championship.Why do people say preston have no money they have one of the richest owners in englandI cant see us (Charlton) breaking up a solid back line for the sake of 500K when we would struggle to replace him for that money. Unless we have someone else in mind....yada yada yada

He'd certainly be a good buy for PNE who, I think will do well the coming season.Get back in your box! He signed from Exeter, moved up and only lost his place due to Corts good form.
He's not going to give up a shot in the Champ' only to return to lge 1. No games by mid season and I could beleive it.To be fair to Preston they are just coping what Charlton did last season. Which was just to get everyone out and get a load of new, better players in."To be fair to Preston they are just (Edit)doing what Charlton did last season. Which was just to get everyone out and get a load of new, better players in."

Let's hope that Coutts is out and at the Valley soon. It could be a swap deal, Coutts is not happy at PNE!Seems legit

31 May 2012 17:43:46
Blackpool to sign Christ Gunter from Nottinghame Forrest for 1 mil and Eardly(0)(16)U can av eardley for nowt oh and keep ur unwanted has beenIsnt gunter out of contractForest have just turned down a bid of £2m from reading and you think you'll get him for £1m?? Really??
That on top of forest being on the verge of a takeover. Would you lik to admit you've made this up??No forest takeover, that was all made upAnd you know this how? Was the £2m bid from reading also mde up??Unwanted hasbeen? Gunter is 22...

31 May 2012 17:21:22
Shrewsbury Town are set to finally sign Southend United FC player Ryan Hall for £100,000. All these United fans that are claiming he is worth much more are utterly deluded.(5)(5)Source?He probably is worth more money than that, but for however much I hope the rumour becomes true. Come on you blues!!I'm a southend fan i have to agree he's not worth 500k as some southend fans are valuing him at. But i cant see him joining Shrewsbury, yes i know shrewsbiry are a bigger club now than southend but when championship clubs are intrested in him, i doubt he is going to join a club which most probabley will be back in league 2 again next season. Prove me wrong ShrewsburyWhat makes you think Shrewsbury will be in League 2 after next season? They've got a good budget, a very good, experienced manager, good crowds and the foundations of a good team. Think it'll be a mid-table finish.I dont think they will I think they over achieved last year. But I do hope they do finish mid table because they have some great youngstersHow did srewsbury over achieve? we finished 4th on goal difference in 10/11 and now we finish 2nd. not as if we fluked it. Shrewsbury will finish about 12th-18th.Over achieved? top 7 side for last 3 seasons? Unbeaten in 32 home league games... wake up and smell the coffee my friend, you have no idea what you are talking about.Thank god he is leaving the daggers the worst player in the history of the football leagueOnly team in England to be unbeaten all year,thought so ;)I'm sure Southend beat you 3-0!Over acheived. Haaaaaaaa. You must be joking. We where unbeaten at home and played some of the best football in the leagueUnbeaten At home. And they did have 2 very soft penaltysonly team unbeaten team at home all year at home :)You didn't go unbeaten, you went unbeaten at home, there's a big difference, and us southend fans aren't deluded 400-500k is the minimum what the club are looking for no matter how little you think he's worthA player is only worth what a club will pay for him. If you think he's worth 4-500k but clubs will only pay 200k then that is all he's worthWe will just get him on a free next year then.....

31 May 2012 17:11:26
Latest news out of Bournemouth suggests that Miles Addison and Lewis Grabban are to sign for the club in the next couple of days(7)(4)Grabban fee agreedGrabban just needs medical

31 May 2012 17:07:25
Rotherham are set to splash even more cash as they are to offer £400k for Peter Leven.(5)(13)He's not worth £4Splash more cash? All signings on bosmans and salaries adhere to financial fair play.On his day best midfield player in league 2 ,second half last season played with a shoulder injuryHes getting on a bit now int he and why would we spend money on a player when we have got better midfielders than him at the club

31 May 2012 17:05:00
Any york city rumours?(2)(5)Delroy Facey and Taiwo AtienoThey are interested in Richard Cresswell of Sheffield united who they could land for 350k

31 May 2012 16:58:48
Now that LFC have appointed Brendan Rodgers as their new manager I fully expect Iker Munain to be a target. Rodgers is known to be a fan of the 'pass and move' Spanish philosophy and I'm told he is a fan of Munain as well as other youngsters in the Athletic Bilbao side.

InsideR(11)(12)They mighty LFC Brendan Rodgers,bet u win eff all next year or the year after it aint about managers coaches its all about the money money money and a tiny bit of savvy no wonder king kenny got the bump 35 mill ANDY CARROLL . PS AM A CELTIC FAN BUT LOVE KING K BUT ANDY EFFIN CARROLL.Rodgers will flop,not up to a club like liverpool huge gamble.Will take alot more than pass and move to improve carrol,overpaid primadonna who still thinks he is a great,let down a once great club big time.I bet u he's a fan of ronaldo and messi aswell but he won't get them .... I hate the way Liverpool think that the can get all of these world class players like munain, falcao, hulk , cavani and many more like these let's be honest you will never get these players and these players would never want to go to a Liverpool side that is going backwards and getting worseMunian was being offered to major clubs in january at around 40m euros, and whilst i'm sure he'll go for less than that, i sincerely doubt liverpool could a) afford him and b) that he'd go to a club without champions league footballNot going to a team witout CL this year and next, and next,and next............Muniain has a lot of admirers and if Bilbao do decide to sell at some point it will be for a big price but they won't be letting him go any time soon and he was not being offered to big clubs in January

31 May 2012 16:56:42
Lewis Grabban on the verge of joining Bournemouth and then rotherham to make a bid for matt tubbs(11)(7)Great signingYHe has already gone to crawleySky Sports report that Grabban likely to sign for Bournemouth (and not either Sheffield United or Crawley Town.Grabban gone to BournemouthBournmouth offering between 250k to 300k plus matt tubbsGraben signed for the cherries but you wont be getting Tubbs as part of the deal unless you cough up what the cherrries paid 800,000 which you wont have

31 May 2012 16:55:19
All info has come from an ex-oldham player who is now working as an agent / advisor for players and works closely with the club:

Kelvin Etuhu - contact made, no formal offer as yet as player wants to see whats on offer elsewhere

Reece Brown - talk between Utd and Oldham for another loan move, Utd wanted to give Brown another go at championship level, however if Brown wants to go back, he can do (likely to be decided towards to that of next season)

Steve Howard - not interested

Oumare Tounkara - should be one of the first non-renewal players to sign up within the next 2 weeks (1 year with the option of a 2nd year)

Gary Roberts - talks held, lots of L1 + L2 clubs shown an interest. His agent has been touting his player around for last 3 months.

Andy Taylor - renewed interest from Dickov, player wants to stay around north west, if contract offer suits both parties, player will sign.

Also dickov has spoken to a number of premier league (and recently ex-premier league clubs) about loan players for next season, is on the lookout for a winger/creative midfielder and a right back!

More Info Soon...(1)(10)Would welcome all them players to oldham, would love to see gary roberts in a latics shirt next season.Is david eyres the source by any chanceNever mind is he the source, has he still got a pair of boots ?Roberts is off to Sheff Wednesday.

31 May 2012 16:54:25
Scott Sinclair to Liverpool
Adrain Marriappa to Newcastle
Scott Loach to Ipswich
James Collins to Watford
Snodgrass to Villa

Put money on if u can(13)(26)Mariappa is going to ReadingJames Collins is on international duty with Ireland at the moment. Nothing will happen until he's back. Don't think he's made his mind up.Snodgrass not going anywhere, least of all managerless villaBottom 4 yesMariapppa is interesting Reading, and would go there if anyone but i'm still not sure he will go. Loach won't leave. Ipswich has been linked with almost every goal keeper I can name. James Collins is 50/50.Mariappa to Reading is very nearly a done deal. He will have a medical on his return from international duty either tomorrow or Monday.James collins plays for wales........ And why would he go to watford when he starts in the prem! Also ipswich much more likely to go for an out of contract keeper than spashing around a million for loach^ you're the 100th ignorant person to assume that this is the Villa defender.Reading fans need to really calm down, im sure mariappa doesn't want to jump into a deal with reading when im sure theres plenty of better teams considering a move. Its no where near a done deal as they have offer 1.5m far under watford 3m price tagI'd rather not put money on it if Leeds are transfer embargoed and Watford aren't totally insane.
wallyIf only they mean james collins of shrewsbury ! lol you need to apologise to that guy

31 May 2012 16:47:29
Middlesbrough manager, Tony Mowbray, to offer a 12month contract to out of contract goal keeper Steve Simonson. Let's just hope he's not the clubs nominated penalty taker!(3)(5)I think we can do better than Steve Simonsen we need karl back or we could put him up top lmao.What's wrong with Steele?Nothing's wrong with Steele, but Coyne has left so we need a no. 2 goalie, hence all the recent goalie rumours.Oh I thought coyne still had 1 more year

31 May 2012 16:35:26
arsenal set to buy lille defender a.rami(5)(15)If its Adil Rami you're on about...he plays for Valencia. Therefore this "rumour" is complete codswallop.He plays for Valencia?? A.Rami plays for Valencia, get your facts right and stop searching players on football manager 2009!Was this rumour you found from march 31st 2011...Btw he was on loan guysArsenals summer spending is done.He plays for valencia mate

31 May 2012 16:38:16
stoke interested in hooper(6)(17)Yes who needs Champions League when you can get neck-ache?Yes and all the other clubs,according to these pagesThis is true Hooper's agent has been contacted by StokeChampions League lol..The mighty Celtic couldn't even get out of the Europa Group twice in the same competition..Be a quiz question for years that.Which Scottish club from a minority league failed twice in the same competition in the same year.Champion League for how long? is it worth it for a couple of matches? don't get me wrong I think this rumour is ridiculous but I don't think the promise of a couple of champions league matches is fooling any player any more.Every team is interested in Gary hooperWe can do better than himHope not..........nowhere near good enough for Stoke.

31 May 2012 16:30:33
Reading and maybe Aston villa to make a late bid for Burnleys Jay Rodrigues after finding out £7million will get him. Aston villa are being informed to bid by lambert as he is soon to be unveiled manager. Both clubs are in no rush how ever as Jay rod is out of the country allowing them 7days to inform Burnley of the bid and let Jay rod decide... Very exciting news for a hugely talented YOUNG player with his whole career a head.

For the idiots that repeativily say he's to much and unproven, he's only 22. Not many 22 year olds have experience in the prem but this kid deserves the chance more than anyone. He can score from anywhere!(6)(21)No chance will a club like reading get Jay of usDeal done with southampton fee and personal terms agreed only thing left is medical next weekHe isnt worth 7 millionDone deal he is a saintNo way will he go to Reading, deal with Saints is close to completing.Go to reading be serious they may be in the prem but it is a backward step he is a burnley boy and would only leave to a proper teamWasnt kaspers gorks a done deal with saints until reading called him on the motorway and he came to us?He really can score from anywhere !We didn't want gorksU seriously are deluded I'm a burnley fan when we played saints they were a far better team then reading and be a local lad we all know saints is a done deal good luck saints enjoy your season jay will be a great assett to your teamWe dont want him, 7 mil for average, no thanksGorks was not a done deal with Saints, we didnt go for him. Mostly press that made that up.If he'd go southampton then his standards arent beyond reading, the league champions, are they?Why sign for reading burnley are a much bigger than reading the prem isn't everythingIf jay rodriguez is worh 7 million, how much is jordan rhodes worth? jay rodriguez has scored 35 goals in his career, and jordan rhodes has scored that many this season... and they are both 22. All the people saying rhodes isn't worth 5 million, that doesn't even buy his boots!Jay Rod has scored over 40 goals and in 18 months has become an established Championship player from the youth development team. What's he going to be like in 18 months time when he is 24? Ok it could go either way but seeing him play regularly, the boy is class. You can't buy that class; you either have it or you don't and he has bundles of it. Reading, forget it you have less chance than Southampton. I believe that Jay Rod will be in Claret and Blue at the start of the season, after he has left Burnley and it won't be West Ham. 7 million will be an absolute steal when he is worth 20+ million in two years time.Supply and demand, simples. Only one Jay Rod UTCRodriguez is worth 7+ million and could easily be worth double that if he gets 10+ goals in the premier league which I'm sure he will do given the chance. The lad probably should be better in the air for his size but his finishing and first touch are top notch and his abilty to score from anywhere within 30 yards makes him perfect for the premier league ..To the people who say he is not worth £7 million, he is worth whatever someone will pay for him. It does sound top whack for a lad without an exceptional scoring record but what do i know ive never seen him play.
Wolves fan.He's scored that many goals in League 1. That doesn't mean he can do that in the premiership. More then £2-3 million for a league 1 player is a big risk.The league never lies. Championees!

Reading ain't gonna spend 7 mil on this!Jordan Rhodes is in league 1, jay rod in the championship work out the difference and then why jay is valued more.People read too much into goals to games ratio... he only startred playing regular football 18months ago before the he would be getting a few minutes at the end of games... i'd say about 75% of his apperances came as a substitute and they only lasted a few minutes20million? You serious?Im a big Reading fan and there is no way that we should be signing average players from an average championship club like burnley. jay rod? hahaJay Rod would be an asset to reading, on't be annoyed your linked with him.LMFAO. Reading arent a proper club, what does that make Burnley... a community centre of juveniles. We won the League and have new owners with lots of money. Simply put, young players love ambition so there is no reason why he would not come to Reading. Also he has a better chance of first team football with us considering Southampton have 2 good starting strikers in Sharp and Lambert.Burnley bigger than Reading? in your dreams. I bet in 10 years time Burnley wont be anywhere near the premier league. Dump club and dump of a townAnd in 10 years reading won't b any where the premier league !!

31 May 2012 16:30:07
Rob Green is going to Malaga and will be first choice keeper, also he will be increasing his weekly wage massively.(8)(17)Doesnt Kameni play for them? If so he's better than GreenHe's just sighned a contract

31 May 2012 16:17:32
Lee Peltier to join Leeds from Leicester for £500,000 and Paddy Kenny to join from QPR(17)(17)With Kaspar Schmiekel heading to Southampton for £3.5 millionThats less than peltier moved to leicester for and he hasnt decreased in valueIf he moves again we will end up at huddersfieldLoad of rubbishHudders can not afford what we pay peltier because of their small turnover so that is a no go.

31 May 2012 16:08:13
Ronnie moore is being lined up to replace an out of favour dean saunders at doncaster rovers(8)(7)Don't see itDean Saunders isn't out of favour at doncasterRonnie Moore only just signed a new contract with us and is Rovers through and through and i could only ever see him leaving us for Rotherham another team where he is regarded a legend

31 May 2012 15:54:50
Heard from a very reliable source that Shrewsbury are after Nathan Clarke.(5)(2)Can confirm this after seeing him in person at the club on WednesdayHe did well on wednesday. Shrewsbury and Majorca.

31 May 2012 15:54:16
Chelsea have put a bid in for Cavani from Napoli. Chelsea hope to finalise this deal worth around 32m in the next 48 hours.(18)(16)

31 May 2012 15:50:14
gavin tomlin is in talks with southend(3)(6)

31 May 2012 15:40:03
Any York city fc rumours ed? {Ed001's Note - none that I know sorry.}(1)(6)

31 May 2012 15:38:42
Crawley Town to snap up David Healy on a free(6)(13)What has happened with david healy. Crawley! Surely not?

31 May 2012 15:33:31
Rory McArdle will sign for Shrewsbury. The Shrews also want young West Brom centre back Liam O'neill on a season long loan deal. GT sees him as a promising player.(5)(2)

31 May 2012 15:28:45
I can confirm that Derby will not be signing anybody from Norway this summer. All of the Rams targets are based in the UK. Here is how things stand at the moment on the transfer front.

Ins:
Jon Daly, Dundee Utd, £750,000k (Dundee have stalled Derby's offer but the Rams are still interested.)
Johnny Russell, Dundee Utd (Derby had a bid of £750,000k rejected, the Rams have also failed to land Russell via a swap deal with Chris Maguire.)
Michael Jacobs, Northampton, £400,000-500,000k max (Done deal.)
Paul Dixon, Dundee Utd, free (Lost out to Bristol City)
Derby are still after a left back, will be taking Frank Nouble on trial in pre season and will be stepping up the bid to land Daly and another striker within a few weeks.

Outs:
Steve Davies (Bolton have had a bid of £750,000k rejected as the Rams want 1m. Blackpool have also enquired in to Davies but yet to make a formal bid.)

Chris Maguire ( Sheff Wednesday have had 2 bids rejected with the second being £350,000k in value, Derby want half a million. Couple of other clubs chasing the striker.)

James Bailey ( Blackpool have been sniffing around Bailey but apart from that not much to talk about. Derby would want half a million.)

Miles Addison ( Barnsley, Ipswich, and Bournemouth seem to be the 3 leading the race for Addison's signature. A price tag of £200,000k should be enough.)

Lee Croft ( Derby have told Lee to find another club. Will leave for nothing.)

Jeff Hendrick ( Derby have knocked back an enquiry from Stoke. Nothing else been said on this front.)

Saul Deeney (Will be available for loan. Burton keen along with a couple of Blue Square Bet Premier clubs.)(6)(5)You have got some of that right but
the Norway thing is true if you know Andy Garner you should ask him he said that its only fegor ogude though who hasnt been a main feature for Valerenga this season and can leave the club Ogude had expressed in a local Norway Magazine his desire to play his career in a different league in the future and test himself with a new challenge.Derby were originally Scouting Havard Nielsen but when they got to norway there were other scouts looking at him such as Borrisa Dormunt and OM.Nigel
has decided agianst John daly after thinking it over that 1.he is too old for our young side 2.he wouldnt make it in the premier league 3.hes untested at this level.Derby have made a fresh bid yesterday for Johnny russell which is 700k + Chris Maguire and Callum Ball on loan.This is yet to be accepted.Paul dixon hadnt actually snubbed us we turned down his contract demands.The Lb derby are getting is Joe Mattock is currently on loan at brighton from west brom and is only 21.Derby are looking to get 2 strikers 1 being Russell and they are still looking for another they want either a big target man or a good solid finisher.Derby had made an enquiry about Motherwells Jamie Murphy they told them that hes avaidable at 800,000 but Murphy dosent want to leave after Motherwell have got European Football.

Possible Canidates are

Jamie Murphy
Will Grigg

This is all That has been established but derby might op out of getting a Second striker should anything change with steve davies situation or if any of the young strikers show good progression.

Derby want two wingers as they want to play ward in a Cam posistion or just as backup should an injury happen

Michael Jacobs is a Definate
But they are either going for a young lower league winger such as Daniel powell or John taylor or A more experienced winger in Andrew Driver who wants to leave hearts.

You Missed out a vital Posistion that derby want to get is Centre back cover
with Barker progressing well they only want a young player with games under his belt and Derby have already made an
enquiry with Krystian pearce at Notts county and Karleigh osbourne whos now a Free agent.They want being getting both one or the other.They Both big,strong and really fast for a centre back.

I know this because my Dad works at Derby county as an Accountant and i was the one who told everyone about tom glick leaving for manchester city.
I can try and get as much information as possible but as i was told who derby want could change but Nigel seems very keen on his targets and he has stated that on the Official website.Proof about any of these? ...You've missed 1 vital player leavin derby this summer which is jason shackell to southampton........and i cant see any team wantin miles addison cos he's not good enoughYou won't be getting Jacobs for that amount of money, think again. Boothroyd has already said he wants at least 800-900k!Deeney's off to AlfretonShackell isnt going anywhere hes been asked by like 40 fans and he says the same thing everytime.Im massively enjoying my football here.I love the Gaffers way of playing football and the club has a bright future and i want to be apart of that and im Honoured to be the Stand in Captian.WRONG.... is this the jacobs deal that derby had settled "weeks" ago LOL chalton have put in a bigger bid then you (600k) which was turned down, so what makes you think you've "signed him" already....You know you really shouldn't put '£750,000k', that's £750,000,000. No ones going to be spending that much money {Ed003's Note - 750 billion does seem a lot in this current climate }I agree they have already rejected a 600k for michael bit from an unnamed championship club so why would they accept less than that he wants 800k to 900k for the talented midfielderHeard gossip from around the brit that Stoke are interested in stokie John Brayford (possible player and cash deal with danny collins). Probably just gossip though?

31 May 2012 15:47:46
west brom are going to enquire about grant holt as a possible replacement if peter odemwingie leaves the club this season. they see holt as a cheap replacement as he no longer wants to be part of Norwich. they are hoping to get at least £5 million for odemwingie otherwise he is staying(3)(12)He's staying at Norwich now Lamberts leavingIt would cost no less than 4-5m to convince Norwich to get rid of him. so not really a cheaper option unless you consider wages... and even then hed want more than he's getting now.The holt issues have been resolved and he will stay. i dont think anyone would go if lambo gosThere is going to be a few storys coming out in next week or so. Ive herd that there was a big bust up in chaging room before that poor performance ag liverpool. latest rumour is that ian culverhouse may may not be leaving with lambert.If lambert goes with out culverhouse he will be awful
people dont realise how much of the work he does and i realy hope he stays

also apparently holt fell out with lambert - so if lambert moves, holt wont

31 May 2012 15:33:03
Stoke city are considering a move for manchester city winger adam johnson, but only if manchester city lower their asking price and the winger would accept a pay cut and if their bid for wolves winger matt jarvis is not accepted(17)(15)Stoke tried to take Johnson in January but the move was blocked late in the window. Now Man City want a sale and whilst Stoke are hardly short of money I don't think this is a go-er. A couple of bigger clubs are interested namely Spurs.The above comment is spot on. Stoke City can certainly afford the winger, however the likes of Spurs and Liverpool would put him off a move to the Britannia.If a move to one of the top clubs doesnt come off i would imagine a move back home to the north east would suit himI unfortunately have to agree, he laughed at a move to Stoke last summer, but would be played every week i'm sureMight be a deadline day deal if the move to spurs or liverpool fall through. spurs tend to 'show interest' in almost everyone just to keep their options open, after all who'd sign for stoke whilst there is still the slightest possibility of playing for spurs or liverpool?

31 May 2012 15:06:00
james mcfadden to huddersfield
nathan clarke and naysmith to shrewsbury
beckford to huddersfield
yakubu to celtic(6)(27)McFadden if fit would be good, Beckford, no thanks, poor attitude............. I hear rumours we might be going for all kinds of players from Leeds, just wanna say get real, they would end up getting treated like Alan Smith did V MK Dons, too big a riskMcfadden is getting interest form b'pool
beckford staying at Leicester
Yakubu looks like he is moving to Villa Park for 1.2 millionId settle for that (celtic fan)

31 May 2012 14:51:56
Evertonl looking into a new goalkeeper to put pressure on Tim Howard Huddersfield towns young goalkeeper Alex smithies is a likely target as Tim told American newspapers he would like to play in America in a couple of years. TB(3)(12)Heard this too going for about 2.5 million great young prospectTake him he's st. So overrated

31 May 2012 14:49:28
Liam Dickenson set to re join Brighton from Southend(1)(20)Brighton nightclubs have missed him since he was shown the door but they are the only ones who haveCome on you having a laugh, been here done that, failed and booted out why would we want a has been back, keep the bench warm like before or make the tea.Big GHe's only interested in a move up north anyway

31 May 2012 14:47:10
Shrewsbury are currently in transfer negotiations with Huddersfield defender Nathan Clarke.(5)(6)Ba little difficult to negotiate with Huddersfield seeing N. Clarke is a free agent!!Clarke was Released and is a free agentSounds like Shrewsbury are buying the whole of the football league the amount of rubbish rumours you are coming out with. Shrewsbury are a small club with small crowds and no way will you be signing all these players you lot keep spouting off about.Pretty sure our average attendence in the last 4 seasons have have been better than half of league 1.Ex Huddersfield defender....... would be a great signing for em imoWe have good crowds i thank you!A bitter Southend fan? we are signing this guy for sure,i'll put my savings on it.Joe hart, grant holt, dave edwards,marc tierney not bad as they all came from a small clubHe's a good lad, hope he does well for you.Yeah 5500-6000 is tinpot.
Southend released there top goalscorer and claim Shrewsbury have no ambitionSouthend haven't released their top goalscorer?Put your life savings on it and watch when you are homeless by the end of the transfer window (that's if your not already homeless).Liam Dickibson is gone so yeah

31 May 2012 14:45:47
Brian Jensen has rejected a contract extension at promotion favourites Burnley to join Oldham where he will gain more first team football(5)(12)Promotion favorites? lmao - like seriously am hereWhat a load of bullhonkie! Why would Oldham go for an aging keeper way past his best when we've got 2 quality young goalkeepers.Promotion favourites? haha UNBELIEVABLEOldham just had to release half their team and sell a key player they can't afford his wagesWhich key player we sold then ?Taylor to millwallAwkward moment when someone calls Chris Taylor a 'Key player'. He's awful! no where near championship standard!

Outs:
Gallas, as part of the Hummels deal.
Van Der Vaart, Schalke, £9m
Dos Santos, Reading, Boca, CSKA, £5m+
Niko Kranjcar, Reading, Hoffenheim, Shakhtar, £5.5m(9)(41)I agree with some but sigurdson not happening and van der vart will not leaveHooper 10 mil.. nah.. will be like when he bought Nugent from north end for 6 mil with portsmouth

christian erikson is worth more than hummels :S since when?

and van der vaart out for 9 mil yes you ........Van der vaart will go for 10+Most of this is false, not going to happenDream on you silly spud.Cant see the signing hooper for 10 mil ba would be a better option at 7 milOmg deluded spurs as per your looking at 25 mill for both hummels and ericksen 13 mil plus gallas pmsllNone of these transfer ins will happen.Hummels is unlikely, Dortmund were German champions and have Champions League football next season. Plus top German players generally stay in Germany, Metsacker and Podolski are 2 recent exceptions, but then they also have Champions League football which is important for maintaining a spot in the national teamIf spurs want to play in champions league again i doubt some of these will happen. hooper only played in scotland and spurs would be after more better strikers and same as yakubu might be cheap but not the quality for champions leagueIf all of this is true then it is typical Redknapp, just spend and spend, have no tactical plan and just buy players.Hooper would be the best striker at the club if he went to Spurs (not counting Adebayor obviously)...better than defoe and saha, but I dont see anyone in England paying £10million for himBig celtic fan if arry is thick enough to gee us 10 mill fur hoops, magic,but hes better than a lot of EPL fans think.Rafael van der vaart will not leave as he said he is happy at spurs even though they never made the champions league,and a bid for 9mil that is a piss take rafa worth atheist 15 mil or more,Remy will join spurs as he has had a medical,jan vertonghen deal nearly complete,adebayor looks like he wont be joining spurs to much wages as for jenas,dos santos,gallas,modric they will leave modric to Chelski for 47mil u herd it here first,and demba ba to spurs for 12mil agood bargain,but will Harry stay or go !!!I thought you were after brazil striker
LeonardoHooper hasnt only played in scotland celtic bought him from Scunthorpe.If hes going anywhere in england my guess is Southampton as Hooper know atkins well from his Scunthorpe daysEriksen is going Bayern
Hummels why would he leave champions
league football and in a team that has the best up and coming youngsters e.g
gotze and bender.If a fee such as 7 million has been payed for Jay Rod from Burnley expect to have to pay up to 30 million for him as hes only 23 thats like well young for a defender who is already seen as a German InternationalModric to chelsea? I definately didn't hear that one here first. You're about a year late!Being a Reading fan, I will say that there is no way Foster will go Spurs. He will stay at WBAIt is GylfiHooper is easily in the top 4 English strikers. He would walk the EPL but the mongs down south don't believe that until he proves himself there.

Andy Carroll looked good for Newcastle when they got promoted, eh? £35 million flop. Hooper is just one of those guys that knows where to be and finishes the chance whether it's pretty or not. His overall game is strong and has significantly improved. Once he does prove himself, you'll all be tounging his arse. Same old with English folk.

Hooper and Holt upfront would be dominant. Give them a bloody chance - they'd do sensational for you guys in the Euros! Crouch, Carroll and Defoe? Lol.... Absolute nonsense!Have you forgotten jan vertonghen? and van der vaart for 9m to schalke will never ever happen

31 May 2012 14:39:35
Just heard from sheffield utd that lowton and maguire are discussing terms with Ipswich. Would be sad to see our 2 best young players go.(9)(13)Why did Danny Wilson give you a ring just to let you know?I'm an Ipswich fan, and I would love to see both of these players come to Portman Road. However I know that these two are very highly rated at Sheffield Utd and they would be reluctant to sell them. Plus I can see them costing much more than Paul Jewell would be willing to pay.Dont think we would sign another RB after signing Hewitt. Would love this rumour to be true though.Lowton can also play centre back.

31 May 2012 14:37:42
Burnet entered talks with Bristol city for pitman with 400k being excepted. Also Burnley are preparing a 2million pound bid for derby deffender shackell(5)(8)2 million? you're joking right? if Matt Mills was worth 5, then Shackell's worth at least double that£400k for Pitman? I doubt that very much. Bristol City paid more than that without Pitman having any Championship experience. I can see Pitman leaving but not at that valuationCity paid £800k for him - the fee will be £1m+Davies from bolton has been realsed so if yu wanna play for a free player that is brilliant but injury prone go ahead. hes got a good footballing mind as seen in 1 game he played for bristol city

31 May 2012 14:32:59
Bradford city to sign Mike grella today. he is having a medical.Also 2 x ex city favourites are speaking to the club....andy o brien and jermane johnson.
Luke oliver and simon ramsden will decide this week if they are signing or not.Guy branston told to lokk for another club.......you heard it here first.(8)(11)Ha Ha some you know nothing about who we are signing it is not any of the names above i know who but you will have to watch this spaceOBrien won't happen as he is looking for too much money, JJ is a posibility and i know we have offered him a deal, but he has other clubs also looking at him so he is weighing up his options. Grella or Gray not both, but PP would prefer Grella and again a deal has been offered.

Mcardle at Aberdeen has also been approached but Shrewsbury are also in for him.Obrien has asked for a bit too much money but has gone away to think about it,but jermaine loved his time here and could be a big possibility he will come,,,,,,,,i know coz i know them both personally !!! and grella is almost a done deal.

31 May 2012 14:26:19
Yeovil town manager gary johnson is set to swoop for released ex sheffield united keeper steve simonson on a 1 year contract to solve his goalkeepng woes. cr(5)(6)Dont let him take penaltiesCant afford him
DevonGreenCome on guys we support the same team, be nice to each other. He is a solid guy. People have mentioned him before. How many people do you guys reckon we need to have a full squad, either loans on contracted players who belong to us.Could be yeovils new penalty kick taker. looks good from 12 yeards .heheI think he will be a fantastic signing johnson has said he wants a few experienced players and he would be able to persuade him

31 May 2012 14:26:10
Port Vale want to sign former Shrewsbury Town striker Kris Bright as a replacement for Marc Richards. Kiwi international Bright is currently playing in Norway with Byrne BK, but wants to return to playing in England.(5)(1)Vale can have Kris Bright.... he'll get you about 3 goals in 3 years.This must be a wind up - he was truly awful for us.Not sure about bright but Liam Dickinson attracting big interest from Micky Adams who he sees to lead his new look strike force next season after the departure of Marc Richards. Dickinson held positive talks with Adams and will sign very soon.Heskey for port vale player coachWhere the hell has posted this?
you think a quality player like hesky would come vale for a couple of hundred quid?
dream on boy

31 May 2012 14:19:40
Izale McLeod was spotted at Home park at Plymouth Argyle ready for talks with Carl fletcher and james brent to with sign the club and is expected to be signed be next monday with him discussing his contract and medical(12)(12)Is this actually true??LaughableHope so anyway... would be an excellent signingWeren't Peterborough and Palace interested? Would be surprised if he signed for us, would love to think this is true though!McLeod would score goals because he was barnets top scorer with about 15-20 goals so would be an ideal signing to up front , I would like to see Jennings as well

31 May 2012 14:11:38
Shrewsbury Town are about to sign goalkeeper Steve Simonsen, recently released by Sheffield Utd. Manager Graham Turner wants an experienced keeper to challenge present number 1 Chris Neal, who has yet to sign a new contract.(5)(4)What was chris neal like like season in nets?Wages too high.Neal had a good year but makes silly errors

31 May 2012 14:10:29
Burton Albion assistant manager Kevin Summerfield recommends the club sign goalkeeper Joe Collister after his release from Tamworth.
Summerfield knows the player from his time at Tranmere(4)(3)He will be decent for burton in that divisionFrom a rovers point of view he is a great keeper and only 20 or 21 i think and very promising and was wrongfully released"he...was wrongfully released"

Who by? Telford? The guy is far too small to be a professional goalkeeper

31 May 2012 14:01:56
Rodgers has been offered total control at Liverpool, which Martinez was refused. This is bound to increase the Spaniard's determination to succeed at a bigger club. Dave Whelan is ecstatic that he's keeping his manager, but don't expect Martinez to hang around at Wigan much longer.(11)(10)Rodgers is a better manager and is thought of in a higher regard more than martinezI would have pressed believable if it wasnt for that las sentanceRodgers has been givern control, but for public consumption only, behind the public face, every major desision over personal will have to be cleared with FSG. {Ed001's Note - rubbish.}Rodgers or martinez,says it all who is in controll of liverpool,once a great club,but now in decline,wait and see what the fans think of the yanks latest cockup.

31 May 2012 14:01:13
The former reading player that they want back is not gylfi it is Shane long(12)(4)Believable but wnt happenOr could it be Hunt??Where is this info from. i could understand them wanting long but they wouldn't get hime back so soon. i herd from a good source it was the sigI've heard shane is the one they want I never said they will get him I feel this will drag with WBA having no manager and any new manager would want to asses Shane before accepting / rejectingThe player is gylfi sigurdson as we have already placed a 6.8 million pound bid for him . Long could also leave as both players have a strong personal relationship with everyone at the club and especially Brian McDermott .Could be true as long still had his house in Newbury. (my mate was his next door neighbour until he went to WBA ) I don't think long is needed personally, great player last season for us but better strikers available for less....

31 May 2012 13:59:53
All this talk about West Brom bei g the best team in the midlands is actually a joke. for its a fact that Reading finished 8th one season and went down the next, Blues finished 9 th one season same tho g happened to them it is also a fact that in the midlands both villa wolves and forest have more silverware and bigger fanbases and grounds than. Baggies! So you rest on the lorrel of your little tenth place finish. Because how long will it last without hodgson and pet odemwingie wants out?(6)(9)You are only as good as your finishing position. Fact is WBA finished above AV and as such are and will remain the best team in the Midlands. AV are on that slippery slope. Martin O'neil could see it happening!Best joke ive heard in a long time.but then facts are facts west brom are the best team in the midlands.exept for villa the other teams are in the fizzy pop leagueReading aint the midlands odem wants out fine with the new appointments at villa n liverpool look no further than those fighting to stay up we know our limits and expectations clubs like you don't ya think you have the god given right because who you think ya are but don't work that way bigger n better clubs have gone forrest leeds need i go onTake it your a bitter Wolves or Villa fan? and Reading did have a good finish one season and went down the next and so did Hull I think....but West Brom have had 2 in a row now and have steadily improved since the day Gary Megson took over!Oh do they mmm look where wolves forrest villa are now shadows from them great days bet your team am the dbs tooWhat a typical dingle or vile fan. trying to make your team out to be the best when they were the two worst teams down the hawthornes last season along with QPR and Blackburn. Up the baggies! the best team in the midlands for everPretty sure Stoke are the most consistant Midland team of late ie the last 3 seasons. Very little between Stoke and West Brom to be fair but both better than the dire VillaTry and not forget that stoke are in the midlands and have had 4 seasons now going onto season 5 in the prem , never looked like relegation fodder , had good cup runs and europa league run. we did loose to WBA for the first time in years but not to the top 6 at home . possible contender i feel ?This made me laugh, WBA did have been a strong force this past seoason, but i still remember when PNE beat them 5-1 when paddy agymang scored that overhead kick - QUALITY -Odemwingie can go, he's poorTypical jelous fan. can bear but watch the best midlands team in the world climb higher and higher becoming an established premier league team. wolves have just appointed a manager who is unknown to us all and villa are getting rejected by every manager left right and centreNo need for jealousy , let Albion have they're back to back seasons of good finishes. It may not last but they are playing well at the moment and deserve to be where they finished. Coming from a villa fan like myself I'm happy for themWolves fan here, I hope to god the original poster was a vile as any wolves fan with sense wouldn't have put that. Odemwingie will not be a big loss I promise you yes he scored a hat trick but he shudve scored 7 or 8. You may be the best team ATM but historically wwfc are a better club fact!Bit sour from a fellow sulking villan, dingle or blue nose!The fact that Nottingham forest won trophys in the Aztec times makes no difference to who's the best team now. If the mighty Wolves and Villa are the best, why can't they beat us? and as for Nottingham, we're out of their league...literally.I'm a wolves fan and as much as it pains me too say it albion are currently the best team in the midlands, however saying that they are not the biggest! They have to be behind Villa and Wolves. Would say their a bigger club than the blue noses though!Villa,big city club,wolves ,big city club,baggies,small town club,huge fanbases for the city clubs ,35,000 average villa,
27,000 average wolves ,25,000 average baggies, yeah really massive clubs villa and wolvesSaying that wba are the best team in the midlands is like saying drogba or ronaldo dont dive!!!!!!!Wolves fan here, simply put, Albion are the best Midlands team at the minute, no arguing with that, we were shocking last season, but Albion have had seasons like that aswell in the past where Wolves have done well(ish), as for being bigger I think Wolves just edge it, but its not as clear as it has been...

31 May 2012 13:50:32
Crawley Town are interested in James Beattie acording to his agent.(11)(12)No disrespect to Crawley but that's about his level when fit but he doesn't stay fit. Id say avoidCould happen and would be a good signing COYRCan someone tell me why this guy is still playing,been missing for a decadeThere's a difference in being interested and going out to ask him to come and him signing.

I'm sure Crawley would be interested in signing Tevez too if you asked them.

31 May 2012 13:41:45
Chapman is hoping to leave Oxford if another team is prepared to come in for him, he has been stalling on a new contract at OUFC because the current offer is far short of what he is insisting on. The club seem to be using the fact that they stood by him during his prison sentence as a bargaining chip. Chapman feels that he should be given an offer comparable with the other players at the club and that although he appreciates all the club have done for him he does have a right to earn a fair wage. this could have a bitter ending!!(6)(3)Friend of Adams and he is resigning at Oxford. Will be done when he gets back from holidaySo Oxford United stand by Chapman while he is in prison and now he is going to leave, discraceful!Hopefully he re-signs!And how would Adam Chapman know what other players earn?!?!
Players don't go round telling each other!
He's on holidayThere is something to this rumour, not only as this become one hell of a long holiday but it seems we are only a back-up plan for him. It does appear that if something else is offered he will be gone. By telling his so called "Freinds" and others connected with us that he is resigning it keeps us all happy if he does have to resign, he can't very well say "I'm off if someone comes in but I suppose I'll stay if they don't" can he? He really is hoping that another team comes in for him. Lastly..of course players talk about their wages to each other!!...sharing hotel rooms, changing rooms and socialising together will ensure somethings are spoken about, especially if you are concerned you may not be getting as much as others (As in this case).

31 May 2012 13:41:21
Dont no if there is any truth in this but word in dundee is blackpoool are about to table a 1.5 bid for Gary Mackay-Steven of dundee united ?(10)(2)In todays prices a bargain,this is a future top player.Ince or phillips replacemetnAnd he is a lot better,with more potential.

31 May 2012 13:23:07
Matty Blair and James Meredith from York to Watford(2)(8)Saw them against Mansfield in the Playoffs. Better than Conf. but not good enough for the ChampionshipWould prefer mansfield's, on loan defender Exodus Geoghegan

31 May 2012 13:17:46
West Ham looking almost certain to sign Fulham goalkeeper David Stockdale as the replacement to Robert Green who looks like is leaving for West Brom(13)(13)Definately do not want Robert Green to come to the baggies. The guy cant stop a rolling ball. he lets it go straight through his legs. he may be an ok number 4 for us. we need to sign Ben Foster asapWhat, so Green makes one mistake for England 2 years ago and so you don't want him? Get real. Green is a top keeper. {Ed001's Note - one mistake? He has been awful for years.}You might get Stocky on loan, if you ask nicelyYes That's true I absaloutly think he is one of the worst England keepers ever. Even Scott Carson is better then him. And that's saying something

31 May 2012 13:13:38
Sam Allardyce has given a 25 man shortlist of players that he is interested in signing. He would like to sign at least 5 players with a goalkeeper, centre back, central midfielder, a winger and a striker being the priorities.

Robert Green is stalling over a new deal and will leave to join QPR if his wage demands are not met. Several goalkeepers are being considered to replace Green, including Jaaskelainen, Gordon, Almunia, Fabianski and Stockdale. It is believed that Stephen Henderson will begin the season as No.1, with the new goalkeeper acting as back up.

With Abdoulaye Faye being released, a new centre back is also needed. Jonas Olsson is Allardyces main target, with Scott Dann, Ryan Nelsen, Carlos Cuelllar and Roger Johnson other possibilities. George Mccartney is expected to sign a permanent deal with the club after impressing last season on loan.

A central midfielder is also wanted by Allardyce. Lansbury has returned to Arsenal and is not expected to sign permanently. Nigel Reo Coker is one possibility, but Sam Allardyce is aware that many fans would be opposed to this move. Other possibilities for midfield are Benayoun, Joe Cole and Peter Whittingham. Sam Allardyce also held talks with Clarence Seedorf about a 1 year deal after the soccer aid match last weekend, but it is understood that Seedorf would prefer to remain in italy.

A bid of around £4.5m has been made for Zaha, but it is understood that Crystal Palace want £8m. A player exchange deal is a very real possibility. Other wingers that may be targets are Jarvis, Richardson, Kightly and Moses.

A £1.2m bid has been made for Yakubu, this is likely to be confirmed within the next 5 days. However if this does not go through, Saha and Michael Owen will be pursued. Allardyce is also hopefully of signing Das Bost. A £7.5m bid was rejected but it is understood that WHU are willing to pay up to £10m.

Sam Baldock is likely to leave the club on loan. Freddie Sears, Pablo Barrera, Fred Piquionne and Robert Green are all likely to leave.(13)(7)Rob Green is joining Malaga...big wages...and will be the number 1 keeper as Cabalero is getting on and Kohmeni is not as good as he was a few years ago.Why would Stockdale go to west ham to be number 2? - heck, it would be a risk for him to go there as first choice !Rob Green is going to QPR even as sad as it makes all fans (myself included)

31 May 2012 13:10:01
READING FC UPDATE:

Players In:-

Matt Connolly - QPR
[Almost a done deal, fee of around 900k was agreed weeks ago, unsure of what hold up is]

Adrian Mariappa - Watford
[Undisclosed fee accepted, medical set to take place next week when Mariappa is back from holiday]

Andrew Johnson - Fulham
[Available on free transfer, in discussions but speaking to other clubs]

Gylfi Sigurdsson - Hoffenheim
[Situation is being monitored, no discussions with Hoffenheim have taken place, the club are prepared to match the 7m bid from Swansea]

That's all the news. There are a number of other players being looked at but no official approaches or bids.

Potential Players Out:-

Michail Antonio
[350k offer rejected by Sheffield Wed]

Simon Church
[Serious interest from Bolton and Leicester]

Sean Morrison
[Approach has been made by Huddersfield, all i know]

Brynjar Gunnarsson is in discussions to stay at Reading and join the coaching staff on a 1 year contract.(11)(21)Seems like a very plausible post. ImpressiveThat's funny because Watford have rejected Reading's only bid and Mariappa isn't on holiday!Cannot see Bertrand leave Chelsea and you will not get Sigurdsson.Actually Gunters bid was 2m Johnson won't join everyone at reading hates him and reading won't have to match a bid for Sigurdsson as they get a % of his sell on fee so if its matched hoff get around 2/2.3m more more readingDoesn't Adrian Mariappa have a say in all this? Chances are he will jump for Premiershp football, but he may not and another club may have put in a less public attept at de-stabling offer.Fingers crossed for Gylfi!Mariappa's been on International dutyCan not see butters going to readingThe Mariappa deal is very nearly done. He will complete a medical when he returns from international duty.Can Reading fans quit dreaming over Sigurdsson , Just because he started his career at Reading does not mean he will be returning to you. He will eithur be a Swansea, Liverpool or Spurs player. He isn't going to join a team which are more than likely to be relegated next year.We want sean morrison! we want sean morrison! prem player in the makingYou'll get none of them players why would they sign for reading every one of those players are at a bigger club nowI think you will find mariappa is on international duty with Jamaica. Do your homework before putting up false rumours. I know their has been interest in mariappa.We have put in a bid for Sigurdsson. That's confirmed. He will join unless Liverpool make a move.Reading have bid for Sigurdsson, but he wont join you..There will be bigger clubs after him...Reading fans need to seriously move on from this. He will want to further his career, wont do that by joining Reading.He was prepared to join Swansea who are on the same level as Reading so to say he wouldn't further his career with us is silly.These players won't sign for a tiny club like readingMay i also add that i tmay in fact be due to his previous experience of a big club in the form of hoffenheim that will turn him away from it, all top teams i reckon are ruled out as hed be a bench player, apart from at liverpool, and if he goes there, him + gerrard could make a formidable team with no real challenge for his spot, but a move to reading also looks likely due to sell on clauses etc and the fact that the club now has the financial backing + ambition to become a top uk club and play champions league footie and well its an exciting club to be at at the moment, swansea is looking less likely by the day where as not too long ago it was a sure thing and well can't see him going to a team like villa or anything.He would be silly joining Reading, he will end up being a Championship player in a years time.Watford rejected a bid for marriappa and im sure he'd be looking to move to a better club who won't be going straight back downHow much money do u think u have......

31 May 2012 13:05:33
To all those who think there team is signing JACK HUNT (hudds town) think again, just signed contract extention until 2014(18)(3)Plus an option for a further 1 year as wellRooney signed a new contract fr everton before he left for united, so doent mean nothin pal sorryChris solly...far superior.He's hardly Rooney. Chris Solly? Jack Hunt every time!Granted any player can/will move clubs in any transfer window, usually at the first SMELL of more money, my point is its nice to see a sortafter young lad showing comitment to a long term plan. (he even sign'd b4 town gianed promotion) so SORRY pal, that WILL mean alot to most TOWN fans. AG

31 May 2012 13:03:45
David Stockdale to WHU
Rob Green to QPR
Paddy Kenny to Leeds(17)(10)I guess you are a wishful west ham supporter

31 May 2012 13:00:23
Local Sussex paper the Argus reports that Crawley Town are interested in Rangers experienced Northern Irish international striker David Healy. League 2 newcomers Fleetwood also interested.
Healy is out of contract this summer.(9)(8)Gone to Bornmouth

31 May 2012 12:54:31
Lee bowyer to the valley, you saw it here first(4)(16)

31 May 2012 12:51:36
Bostwick to peterborough should be comfilm early next week fact ........(8)(13)For how much. I doubt Stevenage would accept anything below £1M-£1.5M as they do not need to sell and Bostwick is under contract.Not fact. not happened...Just what Peterborough need - young,big, strong and physical. Trouble is in the play-offs he didn't look like he could pick out a decent pass.They do need to sell as Bostwick as he's in he's last year ! Over a million for 2 players not sure who 2ed player is at the min thinking Wilson or freeman !

Russell Slade will also look to bring in a versatile forward who can drop back into midfield when necessary, but his number one goalscoring priority is Andrew.(12)(7)If we sign him i rip up my season ticketThis has to be a fking joke!! 1 he is not a hot shot 2 he doesn't score!! If he is the signing they are down!Hot shot :LIf andrews is going to be our new goalscorer we will go down and also can someone tell me the last time andrews actually scoredI bet this guy saying andrews is going to orient is the same guy who wrote the othersand is a southend or daggers fan trying to anoy orient fansHot-shot? since when?He's not too bad c'mon guysClearly a wind up, don't bite.If this is the case, I'm boycotting the whole season. What a farceOrient hope to sign Tommy Caroll on a year long lone, to replace Mathew Spring
who is having talks with CreweHot-shot......don't think that's quite the phrase to describe Andrews.Why oh why do we sign players who turn up being costly and bit of a lame duck

31 May 2012 12:33:28
Northampton town have at last been given the green light to redevelop sixfields stadium after ten long years.
Plans are to include a twenty thousand capacity stadium,hotel,shops and a factory making trousers for the larger man.
Northampton town are about to make giant strides!!(4)(8)Why do you want a bigger stadium you cant even fill the one you've got.Your pulling my legWe have had a few bad seasons and still up there with the top attendances, promotion this season will see all seats filledWhy would you want a 20 thousand seater stadium wehn you only average 4,300The councils only concern is the re-generation of the town centre, else they would have allowed this years ago"why would we want a 20k seater stadium".... maybe because we can afford it, its called a moving on, & up

31 May 2012 12:27:55
oldham athletic set to complete 3 signings in the coming days. Star midfield man james weselowski has agreed a new 12th month deal whilst dickov nears the capture's of recently released pair nathan clarke and izale mcleod(7)(4)

31 May 2012 12:17:53
Darren Huckerby will be back in England this summer. Both Sheffield clubs have confirmed interest with Wednesday being favourites. But he's expressed his desire to play for the Blades!(6)(25)Of course he as because he aint capable of
playing in the championship so a lower level
team would be suitableHe retired two years agoHe could barely keep up in the MLS 3 or 4 years ago what makes you think he could play in the Championship.He can go to the blunts for me .no championship quilityHuckerby retired and now living in USHe doesn't live in the US he lives in NorrfolkHe kept up very well in the mls having more impact then Beckham, however he retired die to hip injury

31 May 2012 12:11:24
Pne to anounce the signing of ben burgess this wk this is deffinetly going to happen nailed on(6)(17)I heard Ben Burgess was wanting to earn a contract at Cheltenham.Pne trying a charlton. its gunna end in tears only chrissy powell is able to do that. not a second rate manager. Whats with all the non-league players your signing. sure they had a good couple of seasons but its the stevenage unity which has made it all happen. Wtach this space it isnt going happen for preston.pne will get in the top 6 or top two ,pne have done there home work get players in early and let em gel ,hope wen they go up you admit you were wrong

31 May 2012 12:06:14
Any Terriers News Ed? {Ed001's Note - my daughter wants to get a Highland Terrier, but I would prefer a bigger dog myself, as I will be the one walking it.}(9)(9)Then get Jack Russell - A BIG dog with little legs!!Genius Ed!! {Ed001's Note - why thank you.}

31 May 2012 12:05:06
Tottenham to sign Bristol Rovers winger Mustapha Carayol for 1 million more wheeling and Dealing from good old 'arry!(2)(21)Totally not trueHow big would spurs squad b then?

31 May 2012 11:52:10
Burton Sign Robbie Weir on a 2 year contract(7)(2)

31 May 2012 11:51:05
any sheff utd news ed?(6)(15)

31 May 2012 11:47:49
Any Middlesbrough news?(2)(11)Yes boro will get moussa in the next few day up the boroAny boro news any one

31 May 2012 11:46:47
Johnnie Jackson leaving the valley
after failing to sign a contract
extension with the club.(8)(13)

31 May 2012 11:42:37
Reading HAVE snapped up the oppurtunity to bid for Siggurdson. This is great news for Reading Fans as the young icelandic has strong ties with the club.

The Swans are now going to be in a fight to keep players with Rodgers leaving them and wanting to take some players with him.(10)(14)You won't get him a lot of prem teams want him so he wouldn't go to the prem smallest clubReading small. Haha. Swansea got him. (almost)! And they are a massive club arnt they. You are now cannon fodder. Your players will leave. Brendan's gone. And we get the gulf back. Hey the rest you can keep. Swansea. Now officially a championship. Side.Did u see the news the other day... READING JUST GOT TAKEN OVER BY TSI!!!!! so accutly we aren't the smallest club in the premReading fans have small club syndromeBecause he loves us. Gylfi is the player he is because of Reading. If we had zero ties to him then maybe I could understand your point but you clearly don't know anything about Gylfi.Except maybe that's half the point, at Reading he'd make starting line up easy, he also still loves the club so who knows, we have our perks too, and since he spent alot of his time on the bench at hoffenheim i doubt he'll want to join a massive club, with the exception of liverpool cause of rodgers.I think you underestimate his connections with Reading. When he left the club he said he ideally wanted to play in the Premier League with Reading but unfortunately he left because the club needed money at the time.Swansea have proper home and away support yours is embarrassing lufcThere will be bigger clubs after him who have chances to win things, I think he will choose success over Reading.Cant believe Reading fans think their club is massive! lolLol Siggurdson will join a bigger club than Reading. And if he was joining any small club he would join Swansea.

I support Southampton and am totally impartial, but he will either stay put or move on to bigger and better things, sorry Reading."lol sig will join a bigger club than reading...I support SHampton and totally impartial."

First of all you're hardly impartial when you support a rival team to the one being mentioned who may be getting a brilliant player in.

Second of all it also means you have no idea about the connection The Sig has with the club. People seem to underestimate his connection with his former club. He was only sold in the first place because the club needed the money and he ideally wanted to play for Reading if they ever got into the premier league.We r now the 8th richest club in the world so not exactly a small fry.You are not the 8th richest club in the world! Get over yourselves!....A lot of the money your owner has is tied up in other businesses and assets, its not yours. Reading is just another business on this guys list. You will never have the spending power of a big club.Having a rich owner doesn't stop you being "small fry".

You are one of the smallest clubs in the prem. And Swansea have proven they can survive in the prem so are a preferential club to sign for. Either that or he will move on to bigger and better things, Reading are not bigger or better... YET. Don't take it so personally that a newly promoted club aren't beating better established teams to big signings! It's not jealous, it's not petty mocking, it's just fact. Good luck and hopefully for you you will sign him, but players tend to either stay put or go to better/bigger clubs, regardless of ties they have with another club. Sorry but maybe in a couple of years (or even one season) you will be able to compete in the market with most prem teams, but currently you are a newly promoted team and you will need to be a lot more tactile and creative in your signings and in staying up. It's a simple fact, not an insult - you should be proud that people are at least sitting up and taking your rival 'bid' seriously, not just laughing it off. But being realistic... it's unlikely Siggurdson will go to you.

And a couple posts above.. since when have Southampton and Reading been rivals more than any other teams in the league? News to me.Lol at other teams jealous that reading have 10x more money than they do:pReading dont have 10x more money, just because the owners have money doesnt mean it belongs to Reading. Some serious big heads around!

31 May 2012 11:26:31
Burton Albion to sign midfielder Robbie Weir from Tranmere(6)(4)Burton fan here is robbie weir any goodNot for our level, but I'm sure he'll do well in League 2. He gives the ball away far too much, and is a bit weak, however he wasn't given a great deal of game time after Ronnie Moore took over. Good luck for next season!Good player, i was sorry to see him releasedSte at our level but think he will do an ok job for youYes, robbie weir is a class act, should never have been released (tranmere fan)Good start to the season but at the end played terrible. should do well in league 2.Average at bestYes it was a bit harsh that he got released tbh.He is and he can get the odd goal aswellHe was ok at times and works hard but not a stand out player

31 May 2012 11:26:01
Apparently from a reliable source, oldham are ready to sell the club to a multi millionaire businessman from hong kong. May not be true but just saying what I have heard(4)(8)Who is the reliable source?Doubt it!! But if it turns out to be true, it'll be the 1st bit of good luck we've had in yearsWhatever , why you trying to raise our hopes like that, were stuck with ebeneezer until he can sell the landOldham not being taken over pal, been told 3 investers coming on board in september,all 3 are local buis men. Probably a load of ste what we got told but been right in the pastIm sorry if ive raised hopes and it ends up not happening but I found this out from a mate of mine who got got told by an ex player and who works closely with latics and thought I would put it on! Really hope it happens though

31 May 2012 11:25:47
Club America of Mexico has offered a Juarez out of Celtic to his native country, states his agent.(9)(4)

31 May 2012 11:22:25
A very reliable source has just told me that ben foster will sign a 3 year deal at west brom for a fee believed to be £4.3 milion.

Ollson is all so believed to be putting pen to paper once he is back from the championships.(10)(6)Dont know why people are clicking unbelievable! What, cause Foster is linked with Spurs and QPR means he will definately leave? doubtful! he said he wants to join Albion and wont leave the midlands...end of! and if albion appoint this ralf roughneck guy his reputation will be enough to persuade Olsson to stay!This is what i posted yesterday that Ollson will sign a new contract. i am a reliable source

31 May 2012 11:20:05
Scottish utility man Ryan Mcguffie in talks with Rotherham, Oxford and Aldershot.
If you dont know him, think Ben Davies of Shrewsbury / Notts county / Derby etc
Can play RB, RM or CM. excellent dead ball specialist.
30 years old and available on a free.
Previous clubs include Gretna, Forfar and Queen of the South.(3)(3)Why don't county sign him then?
they could do with some players.
pne have signed 13 this month, county have signed noneHe's not very good.Read it properly!! The guy is saying that Mcguffie is in talks with Oxford and two others!!...he say's that if you do not know who Mcguffie is then think of Ben Davies because they are similar...read it and you'll see that Davies played for PNE / County etc....not that they are after Mcguffie!!
Jeez....and they Oxford mob gloat about their educational facilities!! Maybe they should try using them!!If he is as good as Ben Davies he wouldnt be going to league 2.No one said he was as good...it simply gives the impression that the players are similar..as in style etc!!

31 May 2012 11:40:37
Accrington Stanley looking at Jamie Cureton(10)(5)No chance his wife works in colchester and he is hoping to move back to col utd

31 May 2012 11:40:05
Paul Lambert is leaving, inevitable. We will get Malky back from and save him from Cardiff. He will bring Whittingham with him for around £2M and also try to snatch a deal for Rodriguez (he tried tosign him at Cardiff). Heads up Norwich fans, yes we've lost Lambo but the return of the king will happen. In Malky We Trust #IMWT(20)(22)Any new manager will have to sell first as that is why Lambert is leaving. He was told there is little money to buy, and club wants to focus on the debt so doubt you'll be getting these players yet. Source Sky Sports NewsAnd Norwich have at least £7m to spend on Rodriguez?You're not getting Malky. end of.
and what do you mean "save him from Cardiff"? Whittingham is worth at least £5m, not 2, and the fact of the matter is our owners are giving Malky full backing, why would he want to leave?Steve Bruce is still jobless!I think if malkey goes he will damage his reputation hes totally unloyalLambert has handed in his resignation, thank you lambo! and malky would be great for us in the premier league, also the club have stated no players need to be sold we have the financial backing to just buy players to strengthen the club.

SOURCE: official norwich city websiteWhy would he leave I hear you say? Probably because Norwich are in the premier league and judging on the efforts over the last few years, Cardiff will NEVER get there!Ahh How much Money did Norwich spend last summer Ahh ? Not a lot ! Whittingham is a 5m player at least ! Just signed a new contract ! Rodriguez is off to the Southampton ! Malky is saying ! So .. no heads up for Norwich fans !Why would he join Norwich? Because he's a legend and in the PLDo Norwich have around £5mil to spend on releasing Malky from his contract which he signed in February.Norwich have no money? the following is straight from the clubs website:

"Meanwhile, contrary to some media speculation, the Club does not need to sell any players and the finances are in place to substantially strengthen the excellent squad which helped us finish in 12th position in the Premier League last season."Steve Bruce, Martin O'Neil, Lee Clarke or Malky pleasPleaseBring back Nigel WorthingtonSky sports means nothing, until a club statement is made no one knows anything, whether it's to do with Lambert or Malky. stop your bickering. P.S. Malky would probably leave for his old club...What do you mean save him cardiff are a good club with lots of potential and good backing go away norwich fansThere's a reason why Steve Bruce is at the job centre.I just hope Lambet leaves Ian Culverhouse behind, I belive a lot of Norwich's sucsess is down to him......forget Malky and Bruce...Culverhouse is a genius, but not quite ready for the head managerial role. him + Malky =Malky isnt an experienced enough manager to do us justice in the premier league.Just a query but is there a motorway to Norwich yet??Neil lennon is being heavily linkedMegson or Bruce for you please!'Malky isnt an experienced enough manager to do us justice in the premier league'.

He only has to do one season with you then in the PremierA relegation battle with norwich or a promotion battle with cardiff hard choiceNorwich are hardly going to say we have no money to the fans are they? That would make alot of clubs interested in better players paul lambert walked out cos theres no moneyMalky will not leave! If he does I will hate him!Gutted norwich fans culverhouse is leaving as well

31 May 2012 11:37:40
Teddy Sheringham is looking to take on a coaching role at Huddersfield Town.
This could cause ramifications as it is well known that he and Andrew Cole do not .. and have not spoke for many years, even at there time at United. ..which in turn, could add to the rumours that Cole could return to Nottingham Forest in a coaching capacity.(5)(9)Cole isn't at Huddersfield??Lee clark for norwich?Wish they would take him Lee Clark did a much better job.... and Lee will apply for Norwich job as he was coach there for a timeI'm a huddersfield fan and i know for a fact that cole is part of the coaching staff and has been for 4 yearsI'm also a town fan and cole isn't on the staff? He helped a bit couple of times a week during the Clark era but left long before Clark was sacked? So where you getting your info from pal?Cole hasn't been on the HTFC coaching staff since October 2009. Some people...If Cole is at Huddersfield, then he didn't turn up at Wembley last Saturday. Can't believe it, on our biggest day of the season one of our coaches was nowhere to be seen. Cole at huddersfield, what nonsense lolCole left over a year ago because we couldn't afford him. How could you have missed it he went to newspapers claiming we didn't hire him because he was blackI did my work experience with huddersfield town and i didnt see him in the 2 weeks i was there on the training ground

31 May 2012 11:28:11
Port Vale looking into signing former Shrewsbury winger Steven Leslie, after his release from Wrexham.
Adams thinks the Scottish winger will be a good addition to add numbers to what is fast becoming a depleated squad. and leslie is likely to come on reduced terms suiting Vales severe financial woes.(4)(2)He got released from a non-league club..

31 May 2012 11:26:24
Liverpool hiring Rodgers...
First point of action is to bring Scott Sinclair.
Could be an interesting one, not sure if he is good enough, but a "big" club could be what he needs to realise his early promise.(4)(15)Can't be worse than what you already have and the days of Liverpool being a big club are over.Liverpool are not a big club anymore, live now not in the past. Sinclair is an ok player so should fit in ok with the rest of them.Sinclair to NorwichThen why would he go to liverpool, at best a sideways move.Liverpool will always be a big club.. i expect them to make a slight improvement next season! (im a fulham fan btw).His early promise was chelsea. dnt think hel go to liverpoolI'd rather have Adam JohnsonLiverpool are, and always will be, a 'big club'. Give me any parameter for measuring club size and Liverpool will meet it.Ofcourse Liverpool are a big club; and always will be, right now they have one of the worst squad in their history, yet they still managed to reach 2 finals... alot of midtable clubs would bite our hand for that!.

31 May 2012 10:59:49
Everton Look to obtain the services of Christian Tello on a season loan(11)(6)

31 May 2012 10:57:35
Plymouth Argyle have been awarded a competitive budget for the 2012/2013 season and will try and sign akinfenwa,mcleod, hemmings and simon king(6)(11)Akinfenwa is beast ... he's the strongest player in the game!Might sign the others but i wont sign akinefenwaOut of those names, Simon King is the only viable option! Hemmings won't come back and there's plenty of L1 clubs after Mcleod and Akinfenwa.

31 May 2012 10:52:56
Dimitar Berbatov is weighing up a multi-million pound offer from Anzhi in Russia.(16)(5)

31 May 2012 10:49:13
Any Plymouth news???(3)(8)Paris Cowan Hall (You know)
apparently it's meant to be a 'good news week' but other than Fletch and Hall nothing:SMcleodWould like to sign mcleod but fletcher is taking a while to start signing peopleThat your going down?

31 May 2012 10:40:25
Man United preparing to trigger the £7m release clause in Demba Ba's contract(17)(15)Tottenham and Chelsea according to many reports

31 May 2012 10:40:16
Colchester United to sign Southend United. Liam Dickinson striker. He is currently a Free Agent after being released(9)(5)He couldnt hit a barn door, good luck hahaSeems to have a pretty good goals record actually, but has trouble settling into a club is my guess; his record suggests he scores early goals then something goes wrong and he leaves on loan before being released end of season. Perhaps a move to a decent well run club like colchester is what he needs. Might kick start his career like it did for iwelumu, cureton, yeates etc, all quality players who had their best spells with the u'sDon't be fooled by his goal record at southend most of them were penalties

31 May 2012 10:39:00
Christopher Samba is looking for a move back to the Premier League, with QPR and West Ham reportedly interested(16)(11)Spurs also interestedI'm certain Spurs and Stoke where in for him before the move to Russia... If so West Ham and QPR could be out the running depending on Samba's ambition!If Samba has ambition he'll choose either Spurs or QPR, Stoke and West Ham aren't going anywhere anytime soon, Spurs are challenging for Champions League and QPR are trying to build and also have Mark Hughes at the realm, if this is a potential summer signing, expect it to be either Spurs or QPR.Why would Samba come back to the Premier League when he is getting payed 100 of millions of poundsStoke. Ambition?! To foul & injure other teams maybe...
Do me a favour!

31 May 2012 10:30:59
Lewis Grabban to Sheffield United(10)(22)Lewis grabban is wanting to move back down south. thats why he's leaving rotherham because he doesnt like it up north. no way would he go to sheffieldc united.Hes told rotherham he wants to move back to london so thats a lieOn his way to bournemouth

31 May 2012 10:29:58
Lee Bell set for a second spell at Burton Albion after being told that Crewe will not be offering him a new contract(5)(4)

31 May 2012 10:18:17
Spurs are taking the foot off the pedal while trying to sort out internal affairs as Liverpool look to take the lead in a chase for swede forward Toivonen. Damaio deal looks to be far from happening as Tottenham put there focus more towards injured french striker Loic Remy who has previously had a medical with the london club.(6)(5)If he's injured, whats the point of a medical

31 May 2012 10:14:45
Paul Lambert will be named new Villa manager today and Holloway will soon be named new Swansea manager, then Paul Ince will be the new Blackpool manager.(16)(16)Gus Poyet going to SwanseaLets hope ince is the new blackpool manager , if holloway goes , local derby against morecambe in 2 years ,And Fleetwood, and Southport, and Workington. Hey Blackpool, the good times are coming - all these local derbiesCOBBLERS !!Graeme Jones is already in talks with Swansea for the job and Holloway is about to sign a new contract at the seasiders.

31 May 2012 10:09:15
Norwich have already asked Huddersfield for permission to talk to Simon Grayson to replace Paul Lambert.(13)(28)No they haven't. Full stopDoubtful but hope soNo chance. the most probable replacements are malky mackay, steve bruce or chris houghton. i would say that malky has the best chance but there is no way we will get graysonGrayson has the best chairman outside the prem ,certainly the richest.He's just become manager he wouldn't leaveGrayson has not got the richest chairman outside the prem. There are several clubs in the Championship and at least one in league 1 with a chairman who is far richer than HoyleHey, don't forget Roy Keane, he's keen to get back into management!Im a Town fan and Hoyle isn't the richest. Owerns at Cardiff, Brizzle cty, Donny, PNE, Blackburn Hull, Swindon and palace have a few quid more. Difference is Hoyles a fan and with Financial fair play involved chairman are going to have to put cash in against 100% risk as loaning to the club won't be allowed. How many of the above will do that?Well said my friend, you've got it spot on!

he's worth itRoberts is signing for Preston guttedNo he aint he signed a contract at the end of last seasonId rather keep him tbh and try push for promotion next season. altho if it means selling judgey to bring in all of those then i would flog him.Obviously a leicester supporter

31 May 2012 09:55:08
Thank you for good times paul lambert i wish u all best. Good news big man is coming home cardiff u will soon need a new manager. We love wee man(13)(9)Norwich fans are totally disrespectful malkey is unproven in prem he will only bring you down

31 May 2012 09:53:57
Sheffield Utd to sign Lewis Grabban from Rotherham F.C Also linked to Sheffield Wednesday Striker, Chris O'grady.(6)(16)Lewis wants to go closer to where he lives in the south so Sheff utd will be a no goLewis grabban is leaving rotherham to go back down south !!!How wrong you are he is signing for afc bournemouthHe's just signed for Bornemouth

31 May 2012 09:47:49
Looks like the yanks for us then as quoted that the kuwait man is buying Forest in todays sun. read into it as you will but I bet bates will still be at Leeds continuation of his stranglehold on the club. Bet he retains majority shares. {Ed025's Note - dont buy the sun!(3)(6)Agreed ed do not buy the sun, the way they treated Hodgson was wrong.
As for the takeover. There is not much to choose between forest and Leeds. Both are big names, both have huge fan bases and both have great histories.
For me it's bot to be forest, as unless you are a Leeds fan, it is in most football fans blood to hate leeds lolLarry Tanenbaum is not a yank mate, he is Canadian so he is actually smart with money as he built a billion pound company and owns 4 professional sports teams in North America all at a hefty profit. Will be a good owner for Leeds, about time you lot got an owner who was good with money.Must be true if it's in the Sun, after all it is a quality tabloid with a reptation for accurate journalism !!!Larry Tanenbaum is with MLSE, they have denied any links with the Leeds takeover in a statement on Tuesday - please keep up !!The deal cruncher is that the kuwaiti can get into forrest cheaply and forrest own there own stadium

31 May 2012 09:46:32
News from here in sunny deutchland, is the huddersfield town have enquired regarding bayern munchens young english winger dale jennings, about taking him on a season long loan(8)(2)Bayern might as well let him go permanently, he's looked poor when playing for Bayern II and seems a bit of a crock. Also it isn't that sunny in Deutchland [sic].

31 May 2012 09:45:21
Rotherham have captured the singing of highly rated Connor Brown who was released by Sheffield Utd this week.(2)(6)I take it it,s for the half time entertainment
is he a tenor or baritoneHow do you know ?He's not gonna be highly rated if a league 1 side has released him deeeeer

31 May 2012 09:40:54
Anybody got any news on Lewis Grabban? One minute he's signing for Crawley next Sheff utd?(0)(5)Still in talks with Crawley, he wants a move South as that is where is family live, Crawley reopened talks yesterdayReported on Sky Sports Transfer news that Lewis Grabban is expected to join Bournemouth.

31 May 2012 09:06:42
Oxford are set to enquire about the availability of Steve Howard, 36, as he was released from Leicester recently. They are also taking an interest in Southend striker Liam Dickinson who is likely to be released as Southend do not wish to pay the wage increase that a second year contract will bring.(2)(6)

31 May 2012 09:04:46
Forgot to say on my last post about why would Lambert go to Villa now rumours are saying he has resigned to talk to Villa, the bit saying 'they have lost their main players like.....heskey' was a joke. Just thought I'd mention it before I get trolled. I forgot to post it on main post.

Though Emile Heskey is proven to be the best player in the world. FACT.(6)(4)Heskey best player in world,what are you on about,if you do get lambert lazy players and heskey is in that catagory wont last five mins.

31 May 2012 09:29:54
Just heard from a close mate with
contacts at goodison that this morning
everton are going to place a bid of
7million matching that of southamptons
for burnley striker Jay Rodriguez.(13)(16)Dont Everton have to sell before they buy
?Is your mate a jealous pompey fanEverton have been told they need to sell before they can even think about starting to buy playersReally hope jay goes to a big club like Everton rather than Southampton ... under David Moyes he will go on and play for England.... good luck Jay and good luck EvertonFingers crossed everton get him! 7 Mill for a newly promoted club is a big big risk ..especially when players like joselu (we/saints have no chance in getting him) is up for grabs cheaperYeah this is wrong everton don't have that 7mil to spend they only just brought jelavicGood, go to everton please hes not even that goodIf anything Everton would want to spend their money on bringing Pienaer back so I can't see it. Plus Saints have almost made it a done deal.He wont join Everton! They dont have that kind of money. And to the person who said he will develop better at Everton and go onto play for England..You for real? Do you not know of the players Saints have produced? CluelessIts just another jealous pompey fan who cant take it that we can actually buy good players and they cantLook at all you saying go to everton, pipe down, he will get starting 11 most weeks and southampton have produced some great young playersTo the person who said Moyse would turn Rodriguez into an England player - jermaine beckford. Nuff said.Jermaine Beckford was 26 years old when he joined Everton, not 22 so the comparison is utter BS.

Most internationals play for their country for under 21s and feature in squads during their 20s. Beckford didn't even have a sniff at under 21s or the first team by the time he was 26 years old, so realistically never stood a chance.

Comparatively... Rodriguez is young and played for under 21s and would be playing prem football at 22, not 26.

I don't support Everton, I support Southampton, but to rubbish David Moyes credentials because Beckford didn't turn into an England player when Moyes only had him from 26 years old onward is ridiculous.Well said ^^ David moyes is a class manager and I'm a burnley fan ! Who ever jay goes to I'm sure he will do well

31 May 2012 09:18:46
Heard from a good source that huddersfield will be signing lafferty from rangers and also Paul. Quinn who has been. Released by. Cardiff!(5)(8)

31 may 2012 09:18:34
any bristol city transfer news.(1)(5)

31 May 2012 08:54:10
Brett Pitman to move from Bristol City to Burnley to re-join ex-boss Eddie Howe - expect the 2 clubs to settle on a fee somewhere between £1m and £1.5m(11)(8)Pitman stay and fight for your place at bcfc u r a goal scorer stayDon't want him and don't need himWith some decent service and creativity in the side Brett will score some goalsWhat a great replacement for a 7 million pound striker :/ ...

31 May 2012 08:46:54
Edin Dzeko could be making a move to Bayern Munich after not getting much game time behind Carlos Tevez, Mario Ballotelli and Sergio Aguero(16)(2)

31 May 2012 08:44:21
Swansea could be interested in underrated tottenham mexican Giovani Dos-Santos. Swansea could do with an attacking skillful playmaker, to help with there passing style of play.(11)(3)Had this lad on loan at Ipswich a while ago, he was class ! cannot understand why he never got a look in at tottenham, would be a very good signing !

31 May 2012 08:43:24
west ham to sign Michael Owen(9)(19)

31 May 2012 08:41:51
Bristol Rovers looking to add an experienced target man to the squad to take burden off
Matt Harrold. Anthony Elding and Sean Canham thought to be in the frame after Rovers were turned down by Midson and having a bid rejected
by Oxford for Constable.(3)(9)

31 May 2012 08:27:50
Will Grigg to PNE(3)(8)

31 May 2012 08:22:52
Any Brighton rumours between now and when Swansea appoint new manager are false ! Brighton will NOT be linked with any players all the time Gus Poyet is heavily linked with Swansea City job.
Whilst I'm here, I've just seen David Beckham and his agent driving on the Brighton by-pass towards Falmer !(5)(11)I think it is about time that Mr Bloom got Gus to commit to Brighton in a statement or ask him to go. I also think that this uncertainty is having an adverse affect on possible signings. It's only natural that players want to know who their manager is going to be for the new season.Or villa
or norwich
or the next club to have a managerial vacancy.
In fact Brighton will never sign another player until Poyet goes!Yeah nice one the men in White coats are coming for youWhy Why Why would gus want to go to Swansea when he got everything at brighton including prem football soon .WasShergar with Beckham?LMAO!!! iam a brighton fan and gus ant going any where,as for beckham that ant even worth talking about!! NKR

31 May 2012 08:13:13
WBA have delayed naming Ralf Rangnick as their head coach after it emerged that Roberto Martinez had not got the Liverpool job. Martinez is highly regarded by the Albion board and they will await the outcome of Martinez talks with Wigan chairman Dave Whelan.(2)(8)Local reports suggest that Rangnick was the preferred candidate upto yesterday afternoon when another candidate made overtures. Who that is isn't clear but maybe it is Martinez? Time will tellMartinez has pledged his future to Wigan so no.Whelan said he would only let him go to a big club west brom are a small club and the size of Wigan so he won't go thereMartinez to west brom dream onI'm a villa fan and in my opinion Westbrook are a far bigger club than WiganDream on? he isnt a mourinho or ferguson! hes a good young manager and west brom would be a good fit as they are a steadily growing club, whereas if he joined liverpool the pressure would be on as expectations would be high and if he stays at wigan he stays at a club going nowhereLots of sour grapes from villa and baggies fans maybe martinez didn't see your clubs as a step upDid westbrook finish above the villa as well as wigan. League tables don't lie we may not have your crowds but we are a better teamWest brom wont get martinez because they wont pay out compensation

31 May 2012 08:10:55
It has been reported that Paul Lambert has quit as Norwich Manager due to a dispute with the board on allowing him to discuss the vacant position with Aston Villa.
If this is the case, then I would like to say thanks Paul for an amazing 3 years, pity it couldn't have gone on longer.(14)(4)A great lossMalkay mackay next norwich manager he will take us to the next level trust what i sayThanks PL for 3 great seasons,hope board wake up soon and back progression with hard cash,just hope with villa's record with finance and managerial merry go round that if PL goes isn't jumping out the frying pan into the fire.

31 May 2012 08:06:34
Ben Foster has said he does not want to play for a top 4 side and wants to stay in the Midlands with WBA. One of the main reasons Blues were not approached straight away for Hughton was because it may damage ongoing talks to net Foster. As soon as manager confirmed (Rangnick today), Foster will be through the blue and white doors(6)(6)Does he really think he would get in a top four side, i think not

31 May 2012 08:01:14
Butterfield finding out that the premier league is'nt the promised land after all.None of them are offering 1st team football.Could be signing one year extension to his contract at oakwell.Kevin philips not guaranteed 1st team football at blackpool,just needs games not money for his last year in football.Lee williamson can't agree terms with the reds.Teaser tyke.(4)(3)Butters isnt out of contract for 2 more weeks,so its early days, but i agree that he will be bench warming if he goes !!Middlesbrough still want Butterfield, read that Reading had pulled out not sure on Newcastle's stance on the deal or anyone else for that matterPhilips signed extenion at bpoolForest fan here anderson off to blackpool been ofered a contract, sorry to see him go i thought he had a lot to give until injury.

31 May 2012 07:45:52
Reading have put in a bid of £7.5 million for Gylfi Sigurdsson after Brendan Rodgers leaving has collapsed his transfer to Swansea. The Icelandic international looks set to sign for Reading over any other club due to his ties with the Berkshire club, he has fond memories with Reading and occasionally goes back to the training ground to visit the players and coaching staff. Expect a transfer within the next month.

From a reliable source at Reading F.C.(15)(13)It wont happen, regardless of his fond memories with Reading he will end up at Liverpool or another big club.Bring the boy home, he shoud never have left! Same for Shane Long. Put these two on the field with what we have got, add Yakubu and another winger then up front and midfield will be ok. Just need a few defenders and Europe here we come!His dad is very good friends with brian and he regularly talk about them going fishing together. so i doubt we would put a bid in knowing he wouldn't want to come back. i still expect him to go to Swansea or Liverpool thoughStop getting my hopes up!Brilliant if he comes back :)There is no way we would pay more than the fee Swansea had already agreed - if anything it would be a lot less as we had a 30% sell on clause when he wnt to GermanyHe wouldn't chose reading over Swansea reading are small fryYeh of course he is. Because emotional ties are far more important than playing for big club like Liverpool. Do me a favour...Reading will only get championship players as nobody wants to play for a small club like readingReading aren't small fry! especially compared to Swansea. Fair play they play decent football but one season in the prem doesn't make you BarcelonaReading have a bigger stadium, larger area, more stature over last 10 years than swansea. and can match their cash. and gylfi loves readingIt doesnt matter, he will end up at Liverpool. Bigger club than both Reading and SwanseaIt isn't about size of club, it's about security and prospects. Swansea have proven they can survive in the prem, and even thrive playing attacking football and Siggurdson has shone there.

Naturally Reading don't YET have that claim as they are a newly promoted club. It isn't an insult or jealousy but a simple fact that players will prefer playing for proven clubs. Maybe in 1 or 2 seasons Reading will prove themselves and then compete, but until then they will have to be a lot more tactile and clever with their signings, rather than just trying to sign big names from proven prem clubs.

31 May 2012 07:16:50
ed any news on paul anderson to blackpool {Ed001's Note - nothing I have heard, other than rumours on here, I wouldn't even be sure Holloway will be in charge next season to buy players. Swansea is much easier to get to from his home down south than Blackpool is after all.}(1)(4)He was in talks with boro ydayEd on sly spurts we are in talks with him {Ed007's Note - So.....}Holloway is looking for a house near Lytham St Anne's so he won't leave. Blackpool have also offered Anderson a contract

31 May 2012 07:27:49
Millwall are on the verge of making a £300,000 bid for Watford striker Troy Deeney.(8)(22)Stop this silly rumour now......it's getting boringMore like 3 milThey can make a bid, but they'll be laughed at.I would rather HAVE VOKES!Try £3mWhat happened to Stuart Beavon?Watford are on the verge on rejecting a derisory offer from millwall for striker Troy Deeney.
Watford manager Sean Dyche will expect 2.5m+ to even consider the bid.Actually Troy Deeney is making a
£30.00 quid offer for MillwallWatford are on the verge on rejecting a derisory offer from millwall for striker Troy Deeney.
Watford manager Sean Dyche will expect 2.5m+ to even consider the bid.Millwall have been on the verge of this transfer for 6 weeks now.

The Board are not happy that KJ wants to invest the entire transfer fund in 1 player..

Rumours of a clash with the board are coming from the den..I am a watford fan this is getting boring now,what i have heard is that WBA are looking at him and are willing to bid £1.5 mHow is he worth £3m?
He has had an average season this year, before which he was rubbish.Im not sure why you are saying 3million and im a watford fan and laughed at that. He is worth no more than 750,000 but ia going nowhere as he is our main manJust a minute, £3M for a striker whose goals to goals to game ratio is poor. £300k looks a bit to much.He was played out of position until this season. Since Sordell left he has been banging goals in. We know that next season he is likely to score 15-20 goals so of course we're going to want to keep him. Value is subjective.. without him we have no quality striker so he's worth a lot to us.Deeney is pony anyway.Rumours of a clash in the board room? dont make me laugh?

KJ has just spent £400k on a left back, and bringing in Chris Taylor. I doubt there would be a clash if he can bring in the players he wants.

This Deeney stuff is getting so boring, Watford fans think hes the next Sordell, even he was over rated. and look where he'll be playing next season?Deeney is class now he is playing in his best position.Watford and Palace fans bang on about all this young talent they have and how great they are. Lets be fair you did not have brilliant seasons last year, and Millwall are a much better prospect after our strong finish. KJ knows what he is doing and our early signings show promise.His goalscoring record for watford is rubbish, 13 goals in 79 apps, so theres no way hes's worth 3millionSordell is not and never was a target for millwall despite fitting kenny jacketts usual demographic. however, ishmeal miller from notts forest is as they look to reduce their wage bill and hes relativley poor season will allow a transfer to take place for a nominal feeWho wants deeney when were being linked with chris martin from norwich milllllllllllMillwall.... much better prospect than Watford?.... is this real life? pinches selfWatford for religation this season^ Relegation. The pundits say it every season and we do well. Millwall for relegation is more likely, awful team.Wait you mean the same millwall who have no money sold there best player last season, will probably sell henderson who scraped staying up are better than watford, good one !You saying that Watford, who have no money, sold their best three players last season, will probably sell Mariappa and who managed to stay up comfortably aren't better than Millwall? Good one!Yes Millwall are better than Watford, better ground, better set-up and better fans, even that Watford fan who wrote a book on a year in the life of a football fan (Watford supporter originally), changed to be a Millwall fan as he said their fans were more passionate. Your ground has no atmosphere, your kit put's me in the mind of a high street after the drunks have all thrown up after a Saturday night, and for some reason you class yourselves as a London club when Gillingham FC are probably nearer to London than you!, Your a selling club with some good prospects however you were not challenging for promotion last year with ALL this talent, and they will be sold off before the 2012/13 season starts. Millwall do not have to sell and they have a settled squad...so see yer next year for 6 pointss.

31 May 2012 07:14:27
Grimsby to sign Peter Winn. Did well on his loan last year and been released by Stevenage(13)(4)

31 May 2012 07:06:40
Swindon Town are interested in bringing 35 year old midfielder Lee Bowyer to the club, he would add massive experience to a relatively young squad. Bowyer would become the clubs highest paid player(7)(23)

31 May 2012 06:55:52
Watford and Ipswich are both interested in getting Ben Amos on loan from Manchester United.(14)(6)I sincerely hope not. Unless we (Ipswich) can get another keeper in permanently (Guzan, Doyle or Kuszczak all look good) and there is no 24 hour recall on Amos.Watford is the most likely destination due to the good relationship between the two clubsWe dont want anymore loan keepers ! let Watford have him, maybe we could have Loach for a reasonable fee ?Ipswich need a long term number one, not a short term loan deal. Either a season long loan without a recall clause or not at all.You can have Loach for £2m

31 May 2012 06:39:34
Louis Cassius a Midfielder will join
Tomorrow he is a little nervy but
dicanio reckons he can change his
ways(5)(11)I hear his wage demands are far to high

31 May 2012 05:21:44
...interesting is it not, that despite derision in announcing United interest in Ba and Cisse, and in
Adam Johnson... those are the very names made official in the last 24 hours.

Torres next.

Too many muppets, not enough facts.

CTID.(8)(24)

31 May 2012 03:58:21
yeovil manager gary johnson in talks over a possible deal for ex club northhamptons striker adebayo akinfenwaa.(11)(11)Pretty hard to do when your on holidayHe does still have his phone, which he said he would use if people were trying to contact him! dont sound so aggressive if you dont know the facts ^^Phones were invented along time ago.No way, akinfenwa is not up to league one now...Yes he is, he's beast! I'd be delighted if we signed him or Jon ParkinToo slow... needs everything to feet... doesnt work hard to compensate... money better spent elsewhereJohnson nearly finished our club with his useless signings and poor tactical knowledge. he can have bayo triple the asking price. glad hes moved to a team furthest away. ntfc fanSurely if he is that bad why did he score 18 goals for u18 goals - Joint top scorer in League 2. Yeah that is certainly reason to say he's not very good!

31 May 2012 03:18:52
Matty Blair will leave York to join Ipswich Town on a 3-year deal.(5)(14)

31 May 2012 03:04:36
Paul Lambert will walk away from Norwich and bring Grant Holt with him to Villa Park. He'll also sign free-agent Zak Whitbread, who he released earlier this month.(18)(22)Bringing Grant Holt with him? Only if he sneaks him out in his kitbag.The reason grant holt handed in a transfer request the other week was because he had a bust up with lambert earlier in the season, and it looked like lambert was gonna stay when holt handed in his transfer requestSigning Zak Whitbread for Villa would not look good for Lambert after releasing him. No way can that happen and could prompt legal action from NorwichThe reason for Holt's transfer request was a falling out with Lambert. If Lambert goes, a good chance Holt will stay.OMG I hope not. If Lambo goes to Villa no doubt the press will start the rumour that old boy Steve Bruce will return to Carrow Road. OMG I hope not!!No chance of legal action should Zak sign for Villa if Lambert goes there. His contract was up at the end of June any way so he could have walked in 4 weeks time having taken another 30k from Norwich in the mean time. If he planned not to stay nothing could be done.If he released Whitbread because he felt he was not going to fit his plans at Norwich, why on earth would he have a different view at Villa. Please think before you post next time.It would look incredibly suspicious that Lambert released him as Norwich manager then goes and signs him as Villa manager on a free. I doubt whitbread wanted to leave, its not like he's going to sign for a bigger clubThis has happened before, and legal action was persued. If whitbread were to sign with Villa, Villa would have to prove that it wasn't Lamberts choice not to re-sign him, and that they were talking to Whitbread before Lamberts signing.Looks like Villa want to be Norwich eh? Holt won't go there now Lambert has walked

31 May 2012 03:02:04
Adriano Basso, who's out of contract at his current club Hull, is on Scunthorpe's radar to back-up Joshua Lillis.(6)(10)Lillis has gone and Slocombe is betterOdd, Lillis has been released!We wouldnt want anyone from the pigs to start with and secondly lillis was released!Sam slocombe is the number one at Scunthorpe. Josh Lillis was released.Josh Lillis has been released by ScunthorpeLillis is not wanted at Scunny due to Slocombe being made no! 1To back up the Josh Lillis whose just left the club?

31 May 2012 02:51:50
Coventry are eyeing up recently released Franck Moussa

The is mainly in part, because Gael Bigirimana will be leaving(10)(8)

31 May 2012 02:15:13
West Ham also close to signing Kieran Richardson from sunderland, should be completed in 2 weeks!(23)(10)Thank god for that. One less knacker on the clubs books!

31 May 2012 02:12:58
West Ham United to sign Yakubu within the next 7 days, a £1.2m fee has been agreed and player will speak with west ham in the next couple of days!(21)(13)

31 May 2012 01:11:51
Celtic have made it their priority to sign another striker this summer to share the workload with Gary Hooper. My sources can confirm that Hooper won't be going in the summer, if he is going to go this season it could be in January for an inflated price. The Hoops are want to strngthen in otehr areas of the pitch but are wary of over spending. The players that Celtic have made bids for already are;

Yakubu, Blackburn, £1m (in negotiations but the Yak would prefer to stay in the prem)
Jordan Rhodes, Huddersfield, £5m (Rejected)
Simon Cox, WBA, £2m (Rejected, Albion won't discuss until they have appointed a manager.)
Matt Mills, Leicester, £2m (club have stalled)
...............................
Players also on Celtics radar:
Jay Bothroyd, QPR, £1.5m
SebastiÃ¡n Pinto, Bursaspor, £2.5m
Fraser Forster, Newcastle, £2.5m
Wes Hoolahan, Norwich, £2.5m
David Bentley, Spurs, £1.75m
Rafael MÃ¡rquez, NY Red Bulls, LOAN
Lewis McGugan, Notts Forest, £1.75m {Ed007's Note - The £2 million fee for Fraser Forster was agreed with Newcastle as part of his loan deal. The rest I will leave for others to judge...........}(8)(29)Hoolahan worth much more than 2.5m and would take a lot more to pry him from norwichIf your "sources" helped you with this lot I think the spelling should have been "sauces"!
Hooper will go shortly, and then you will have some funds to rebuild your forward line.Celtic have no moneyCeltic do have money! and with CL they will fund transfers however they will not break the bank(they have low debt and a balanced book) and would prob sell one of the players to help fund transfers as well they are getting rid of fring players to free up even more cash. before you go on and say things about a club(#3)you should know the club.most of the targets mentiond sounds right especially the first 4.Explain how Celtic have no money. They put a bid of 4 million in for Rhodes and are ready to put a bid of 2.5 mill in for Rosenberg midfielder Marcus henriksen.Explain how Celtic have no money...when the two majority shareholders are in the top 15 in British football?

31 May 2012 00:37:00
Jon Stead is a target for Huddersfield(19)(13)He's already said he's happy and settled in BristolWe are back on this again why do we need Stead when we've got RhodesHe handed in a transfer request with some other BC playersHe has apparently been a transfer target almost every season since he has gone!We don't want Stead, nice guy but not for us at this stage in his career.

30 May 2012 23:28:18
Released Huddersfield duo Tommy Miller and Danny Cadamarteri are wanted by league one sides Hartlepool (Miller) and Walsall (Cadamarteri)

Heard Huddersfield are interested in Ricardo Rocha who was awarded Portsmouth's Player of the Season award last season(12)(11)Not hard to be Portsmouth player of the season. They only had about 4 players by the end, or do it seemed at any rateDont see why people feel the need to put irrelevant comments like the one above. Anyone with any real passion for football wouldnt want to see any club struggle. Put yourself in their position and get some prospective. They're fans are a million miles better than their rivals Southampton as well. - Reading FanWhy are there fans a million miles better they never even turned up to watch pompey half the time so much for great fans, they couldn't be bothered, reading fan just worry about your own clubSaints fans didnt go and watch them in league one until they started winning! every teams fans turn up when they are winning and not when they are losing! FACT!^i agree with the last post, but wasnt Jason Pearce out player of the season?But their 15k or so fans who always turn up no matter what are probably some of the best, nicest most genuine fans I've ever come across. I love going to Fratton Park for away games. Always a good atmosphere there as well. When I went to St. Mary's yes, it's a nicer ground, but doesnt have the same atmospheric feel to it.He was players player of the seasonAfobe is st! all he does is dive!Why do people put fact when its a opinionGot to agree, Pompey fans are amongst the very best and do not deserve the stupid comments directed towards them. Their club was run badly by a series of incompetent owners, it could happen to any of us.Because it is a fact! its fairly obvious! muppet!